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Jones Point Lighthouse

Jones Point Lighthouse. The lighthouse was built in 1856 as a Potomac River navigation aid and was active until 1926. A keeper lived in the lighthouse, rather than in a separate keeper's house, to 1919.

 

Jones Point Lighthouse and District of Columbia South Cornerstone.

National Register of Historic Places 80000352

Virginia DHR 100-0116

 

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Uploaded on April 16, 2013
Taken on April 13, 2013