The U.S. Department of the Interior is set to designate the Montauk Point Lighthouse, the state’s oldest lighthouse, as a National Historic Landmark, according to a statement from Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.
Built in 1796, the Montauk lighthouse, added to the National Historic Register in 1969, joins 11 other national landmarks on Long Island, including the Jackson Pollock house and studio in East Hampton, the Rudolph Oyster House in West Sayville, and the John Phillip Sousa house in Port Washington.[dmc-related-post-wp numitems="3" title="Also read"]
Gillibrand, who had urged the U.S. Department of the Interior and the National Park System to designate the site as a national landmark, said the landmark status would have the potential to greatly enhance tourism and economic activity in the surrounding area.
She added that the landmark designation would provide much-needed resources to preserve the site, one of the East End’s biggest tourist attractions.
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