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Location | Newport Harbor, Newport, Rhode Island |
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Coordinates | 41°28′40″N 71°19′35″W / 41.47778°N 71.32639°W |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1854 |
Construction | Brick tower attached to lightkeeper's house |
Automated | 1927 |
Height | 13 feet (4.0 m) |
Shape | Square |
Markings | White with black lantern |
Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place ![]() |
Light | |
First lit | 1854 |
Deactivated | 1927 (Original light) 1963 (Automated light) |
Focal height | 30 feet (9.1 m) |
Lens | 6th order Fresnel |
Ida Lewis Rock Lighthouse | |
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
MPS | Lighthouses of Rhode Island TR |
NRHP reference No. | 87001700[1] |
Added to NRHP | February 25, 1988 |
Ida Lewis Lighthouse, which was formerly the Lime Rock Lighthouse, is in the Newport harbor in Rhode Island. It is named after Ida Lewis, who lived and worked at the lighthouse from 1857 and was the official lighthouse keeper from 1879 until her death in 1911. She was celebrated for many acts of bravery in saving lives.