The Wing's Neck Light is a historic lighthouse in the Pocasset village of Bourne, Massachusetts. It is located on Wing's Neck Road at the end of Wing's Neck, a peninsula between Pocasset Harbor and the Hog Island Channel, which provides access to the Cape Cod Canal. The first lighthouse was built in the site in 1849; it was a stone keeper's house with a wood-frame tower above, and was destroyed by fire in 1878.[2]
Wing's Neck Light | |
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| Location | Pocasset, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 41°40′56″N 70°39′37″W / 41.68222°N 70.66028°W / 41.68222; -70.66028 |
| Built | 1849 |
| MPS | Lighthouses of Massachusetts TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 87001503[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 15, 1987 |
The present lighthouse and keeper's house were built in 1889; it is the only extant wood-frame light and keeper's house connected by a covered way from that period.[2]
The lighthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]
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