# Federal Point Light

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{{Short description|Lighthouse in North Carolina, US}}
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'''Federal Point Light''' was a [lighthouse](/source/lighthouse) at Federal Point near [Kure Beach](/source/Kure_Beach%2C_North_Carolina) in [New Hanover County, North Carolina](/source/New_Hanover_County%2C_North_Carolina). It was an active light from about 1866 to around 1879.<ref name="roberts">Roberts, Bruce, and Jones, Ray, ''Southern Lighthouses: Outer Banks to Cape Florida'', 3rd ed., Globe Pequot Press, Guilford, CT, 2002, p. 28, {{ISBN|0-7627-1243-0}}.</ref><ref name="zepke">Zepke, Terrance, ''Lighthouse of the Carolinas'', Pineapple Press, Sarasota, FL, 2002, pp. 77-78, {{ISBN|1-56164-148-0}}.</ref>

Federal Point Light was on the inland side on the southern end of [Pleasure Island](/source/Pleasure_Island_(North_Carolina)), which is a [barrier island](/source/barrier_island). It was near [Fort Fisher](/source/Fort_Fisher) and [North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher](/source/North_Carolina_Aquarium_at_Fort_Fisher) and Kure Beach.

==History==
One or more lighthouses were built at Federal Point prior to the [Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War).<ref name="stick">Stick, David, ''Bald Head: A History of Smith Island and Cape Fear,'' Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wendell NC, 1985, p. 38, 71, {{ISBN|0-916107-00-0}}.</ref> A light tower was destroyed by [Confederate troops](/source/Confederate_States_Army) in early 1860s.<ref name="roberts"/>

After a new inlet opened south of Federal Point, a new lighthouse was constructed in 1866. It was a cottage-style lighthouse on piers. The light was extinguished in 1879<ref name="stick"/> or 1881.<ref name="roberts"/> A rock seawall, eventually known as "The Rocks" was built in 1881 to close the inlet. The lighthouse burned in 1881.<ref name="roberts"/><ref name="zepke"/>

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{{Lighthouses of North Carolina}}
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Category:Buildings and structures in New Hanover County, North Carolina
Category:Lighthouses in North Carolina
Category:Lighthouses completed in 1866
Category:1866 establishments in North Carolina
Category:Buildings and structures demolished in 1881

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