Wing's Neck Light

First lit
1889
Automated
Never
Status
Inactive
Coordinates
41.6802, -70.6612
United States Massachusetts

Wing's Neck Light is a historic lighthouse situated in the village of Pocasset, within the town of Bourne on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. It stands at the end of Wing's Neck on Wing's Neck Road, between Pocasset Harbor and the Hog Island Channel, the waterway that provides access to the Cape Cod Canal.

The light consists of a wood‑frame tower that is joined to its keeper’s house by a covered walkway; it is the only extant wood‑frame light and keeper’s house connected by a covered way from that period.

The first lighthouse on the site was erected in 1849 as a stone keeper’s house topped by a wood‑frame tower. That structure burned in 1878, and the present lighthouse and keeper’s house were constructed in 1889, the year the light was first lit. The 1889 building is the only surviving wood‑frame light and keeper’s house linked by a covered way from its era. It was never automated and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 15, 1987.

Today the light is inactive, remaining a historic landmark on the National Register of Historic Places.

Light and tower

It was first lit in 1889. Its recorded status is inactive.

Details

Lens
None
Status
Inactive
Location Text
Pocasset
Year Automated
Never
Year First Lit
1889