The fourth lighthouse to be established on Long Island, this 1809 stone tower was built by an American Revolutionary War veteran who stayed on as its first keeper for many years.

In 1806, New York State Governor Daniel D. Tompkins purchased 5 acres (2.0 ha) of land from Benjamin Hewlett to be used for the lighthouse.

This time from the tower of the Lighthouse, during the War of 1812, Mason watched a naval battle between American gunboats and the British frigate Acosta.

The beacon was moved to an automated steel skeleton tower located offshore at the end of Sands Point.

The property was later sold to a realtor who divided it into 1-acre (0.40 ha) lots and built the private residential development that stands there today.

Today, a skeletal light tower sitting off the Sands Point shore serves the same purpose as the original Lighthouse.