The lighthouse was built in 1831 with a stone keeper's dwelling and wooden tower.

The lighthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

The tower is the oldest surviving wooden lighthouse tower in the United States,[3] and the oldest in Rhode Island still standing at its original location.

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