# Jordan Point Light

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The **Jordan Point Light** was a [lighthouse](/source/Lighthouse) located on [Jordan Point](/source/Jordan_Point,_Virginia) on the [James River](/source/James_River_(Virginia)) in [Prince George County](/source/Prince_George_County), [Virginia](/source/Virginia), near the south end of the present [Benjamin Harrison Memorial Bridge](/source/Benjamin_Harrison_Memorial_Bridge).

## History

The history of this station is unclear, but some sources indicate that a light station was first established on Jordan Point in 1855. This consisted of a keeper's house with a masthead light on the roof. This arrangement was replaced circa 1875 (possibly as early as 1870) by a separate 35-foot (11-metre) pyramidal wooden tower that housed a sixth order [Fresnel lens](/source/Fresnel_lens) and a fog bell. A new keeper's house was constructed in 1888.[1]

In 1927 the station was deactivated and the wooden tower was later demolished. In 1941 a new steel skeleton tower was erected on the site of the old tower; this skeleton tower is still in service as the rear light of the Jordan Point Range, Light List #2-12420.[2] Although the wooden tower is long gone the keeper's house built in 1888 still stands. It was extensively renovated in 2009 and is a private residence.

## Notes

## References

- [Jordan Point Light](http://www.cheslights.org/heritage/jordanpoint.htm), from the Chesapeake Chapter of the [United States Lighthouse Society](/source/United_States_Lighthouse_Society)
- de Gast, Robert (1973). [*The Lighthouses of the Chesapeake*](https://archive.org/details/lighthousesofche0000dega). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. [150](https://archive.org/details/lighthousesofche0000dega/page/150). ISBN 9780801815485.

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