Rebuilt lighthouse, September 2009 | |
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Location | Southern point of present day Saint Clement's Island in the Potomac River |
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Coordinates | 38°12′27″N 76°44′42″W / 38.20750°N 76.74500°W |
Tower | |
Construction | wood |
Automated | 1932 |
Shape | keeper's house with lantern on roof |
Light | |
First lit | 1851 |
Deactivated | 1956 |
The Blackistone Island Light was a lighthouse located on what is now St. Clement's Island on the Potomac River in Maryland. It is best known as the target of a Confederate raid in the Civil War. Completed in 1851, the structure was destroyed by fire in 1956 and its shell was razed; a replica was completed in 2008.
The lighthouse replica can be visited on weekends from June through October. After driving to the St. Clement's Island Museum, one may take a water taxi on weekends and walk the grounds. A 50-foot (15 m) cross is also on the island. The lighthouse is open on Saturdays and the first Sunday of every month from June through October.