 | |
| Location | South Carolina, US |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 32°05′49.7″N 80°52′23.5″W / 32.097139°N 80.873194°W[clarification needed] |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1883 |
| Construction | Wood |
| Height | 27 feet (8.2 m) (Original Front) 91 feet (28 m) (Original Rear) |
| Shape | Dormer window on roof of house |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places contributing property  |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1883 |
| Deactivated | 1922 |
| Focal height | 81 feet (25 m) (Original Rear) |
| Lens | Red steamer lens (original front and rear), decorative (current) |
Bloody Point Lighthouse | |
| Part of | Daufuskie Island Historic District (ID82003831) |
| Added to NRHP | June 2, 1982[1] |
The Bloody Point Range Lights, which is known as the Bloody Point Lighthouse, were range lights on the southern end of Daufuskie Island in Beaufort County, South Carolina. The Bloody Point Range Lights were built in 1883. Due to erosion, the front light was moved to the location of the former rear light and became the rear light. The lights were maintained as an official aid to navigation until 1922. The original Front Range Light house is currently a private home.[2][3]
Bloody Point is the southern end of Daufuskie Island. It was given this name because of the blood shed during the Yamasee War of 1715.[4]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ Burn, Billie, An Island Named Daufuskie, The Reprint Company, Inc., Spartanburg, SC, 1991, pp. 187-203, ISBN 0-87152-454-6.
- ^ Clary, Margie Willis, The Beacons of South Carolina, Sandlapper Publishing Co., Inc., Orangeburg, SC, 2005, pp. 59-67, ISBN 0-87844-176-X.
- ^ Edgar, Walter, The South Carolina Encyclopedia, University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, SC, 2006, p. 247, ISBN 1-57003-598-9.