It stands proud today as one among a few remaining spark-plug styled lighthouses dotted along New England's seacoast.

Designed by Francis Hopkinson Smith, an author of 'Caleb West' and an experienced civil engineer who contributed to constructing the base for The Statue of Liberty, he drew plans out using selected brownstone from local quarries 3.

The material chosen for this light was reflective of others built during this era on the East Coast simplex Americana framework.

A cast-iron lantern atop a round tower served as the light source for passing ships.

It's interesting to note that Saybrook Breakwater Light became emblematic because of its appearance on a box of Land O' Lakes butter.

An artist named Harley W. Griffiths painted it during sunset from a picture taken by Jarvis Andrews in 1959[^8^].

[^3^]: Morris, J: Northeast Lights: Lighthouses and Lightships, Rhode Island to Cape May, New Jersey.

Arcadia Publishing [^6^]: Programmatic Agreement on the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000 [^7^]: National Park Service News Release: American Memorial Park Quarter Launch and Coin Exchange (April 30, 2019)