Lynde Point Light, Old Saybrook

Name: Lynde Point Light
Address: 102B Sequassen Ave, Old Saybrook, 06475-3116, United States

#3 among attractions in Old Saybrook

Top attraction, Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture

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The Lynde Point Light or Lynde Point Lighthouse, also known as Saybrook Inner Lighthouse, is a lighthouse in Connecticut, United States, on the west side of the mouth of the Connecticut River on the Long Island Sound, Old Saybrook, Connecticut. The first light was a 35 feet wooden tower constructed by Abisha Woodward for $2,200 and it was completed in 1803. A new lighthouse was eventually needed and a total of $7,500 was appropriated on July 7, 1838. Jonathan Scranton, Volney Pierce, and John Wilcox were contracted to build the new 65-foot octagonal brownstone tower. It was constructed in 1838 and lit in 1839. The lighthouse was renovated in 1867 and had its keeper's house from 1833 replaced in 1858 with a Gothic Revival gambrel-roofed wood-frame house. In 1966, the house was torn down and replaced by a duplex house. The original ten lamps were replaced in 1852 with a fourth-order Fresnel lens, and with a fifth-order Fresnel lens in 1890. Lynde Point Lighthouse used whale oil until 1879 when it switched to kerosene. It was electrified in 1955 and fully automated by the United States Coast Guard in 1978. In 1990, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places and is significant for its "superior stone work in the tapering brownstone walls". ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 41°16'17"N, 72°20'35"W

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102B Sequassen AveFenwickOld Saybrook 06475-3116 United States

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Lynde Point Light – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge, Florence Griswold Museum, Lyme Art Association, Gen. William Hart House.

3.3 miN
Bridge
Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge, Old Saybrook
85 min walk • The Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge is a concrete segmental bridge composed of eleven spans crossing the Connecticut River between Old Saybrook, Connecticut and Old Lyme, Connecticut. The bridge carries Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 1, with an average daily traffic of 82,500 vehicles.
3.8 miN
Museum, Historical place, Art gallery
Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme
98 min walk • The Florence Griswold Museum is an Art Museum at 96 Lyme Street in Old Lyme, Connecticut centered on the home of Florence Griswold, which was the center of the Old Lyme Art Colony, a main nexus of American Impressionism.
3.7 miN
Museum, Shopping
Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme
96 min walk • Lyme-Old Lyme High School is a public high school in Old Lyme, Connecticut. It serves grades 9 through 12 and is the only high school operated by Lyme-Old Lyme Schools.
2 miNW
Historical place, Museum, Georgian architecture
Gen. William Hart House, Old Saybrook
51 min walk • The Gen. William Hart House is a historic house at 350 Main Street in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. Built in 1767 for a politician and colonial militia leader, it is a good example of Georgian residential architecture.
2.3 miN
Park
Watch Rock Park, Old Lyme
59 min walk • Watch Rock Park is a 25-acre park in Old Lyme, Connecticut owned by the Old Lyme Conservation Trust. It is located off Joel Road at the point where the Duck River flows into the Connecticut River, just above the point where the Connecticut flows into Long Island Sound.
2.9 miN
Church
Old Lyme Congregational Church, Old Lyme
75 min walk • The Old Lyme Congregational Church is located in Old Lyme, Connecticut. The church is noted as a favorite subject of Old Lyme Art Colony painters. It is affiliated with the United Church of Christ.
2.1 miNW
41°17'25"N • 72°22'32"W
The Kate - Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, Old Saybrook
55 min walk • Concerts and shows, Music venue, Performing arts
2.6 miNW
Concerts and shows, Theater
Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, Old Saybrook
67 min walk • The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, known as The Kate, is a performing arts center in Old Saybrook, Connecticut that opened in 2009.
3.6 miN
Museum, Art gallery
Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme
91 min walk • Lyme Art Association is a non-profit art organization established in 1914, with roots going back to 1902. The organization maintains a historic art gallery located at 90 Lyme Street in the Old Lyme Historic District, Old Lyme, Connecticut.
2.5 miNW
41°17'45"N • 72°22'41"W
Saybrook Country Barn, Old Saybrook
63 min walk • Shopping, Park
2.8 miN
Cemetery
Duck River Cemetery, Old Lyme
73 min walk • The Duck River Cemetery, also known as the Old Lyme Cemetery is the communal burying ground of the town of Old Lyme, Connecticut. The earliest surviving grave marker dates from 1676, Renold Marvin`s gravestone. A tidal stream known as the Duck River and a salt marsh bisect the burying ground.