Castle Hill The Cutest Lighthouse in the World
by Joan Carroll
Title
Castle Hill The Cutest Lighthouse in the World
Artist
Joan Carroll
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photograph
Description
The handsome Castle Hill Lighthouse is built right into a cliff face, and almost appears as a natural feature of the landscape. On our first view, we dubbed it the cutest lighthouse ever! Castle Hill Lighthouse is located on Narragansett Bay in Newport, Rhode Island at the end of the historic Ocean Drive and is an active navigation aid for the United States Coast Guard and boaters entering the East Passage between Jamestown, Rhode Island on Conanicut Island, and Newport, Rhode Island on Aquidneck Island. The lighthouse was completed in 1890 on property formerly belonging to the famous naturalist, oceanographer, and zoologist Alexander Agassiz of Harvard University. Agassiz sold land to the United States Government for the lighthouse for $1.00. After the hurricane of 1938, Mrs. Maximillian Agassiz, daughter-in-law of Alexander, sold the rest of the property to J. T. O'Connell, whose descendants are the current owners of the Castle Hill Inn and Resort. Although the lighthouse is not open to the public, the shoreline and clifface where the lighthouse sits is accessible by several footpaths from the Castle Hill Inn. The Castle Hill Lighthouse has also been and still is used as a starting and/or stopping point in numerous regattas. The lighthouse has a red light that flashes about every eight seconds during the night.
FEATURED PHOTO, All Art Welcome group, 9/2/16
FEATURED PHOTO, Coastal Scenes group, 8/13/16
FEATURED PHOTO, Atlantic Coast Of The Usa Places group, 8/9/16
FEATURED PHOTO, ART - It Is Good For You group, 3/14/15
FEATURED PHOTO, Lighthouses group, 2/26/15
FEATURED PHOTO, Landscape and Landmark Photography group, 2/25/15
FEATURED PHOTO, Images That Excite You group, 2/21/15
FEATURED PHOTO, All Places on the Atlantic Coast of the USA group, 2/21/15
FEATURED PHOTO, 1000 Views-1 perday group, 4/28/14
FEATURED PHOTO, Artists Best Five Artwork Group, 12/28/12
FEATURED PHOTO, USA Artist News DAILY LIMIT 1 group, 12/3/12
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December 3rd, 2012
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James Aiken
Congratulations! Your outstanding artwork has been chosen as a FEATURE in the “Atlantic Coast of the USA Places” group on Fine Art America.
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