{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox lighthouse | shape = octagonal tower with balcony and lantern on front the keeper's house | managingagent = private<ref>{{Cite rowlett|ct|accessdate=2016-06-21}}</ref><ref>[http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHCT.asp Connecticut Historic Light Station Information & Photography] United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 21 June 2016</ref> }} '''Morgan Point Lighthouse''' is a lighthouse in Noank, Connecticut, United States, on the west side of the mouth of the Mystic River.
==History== In 1831 the original {{convert|25|ft|m|adj=on}} granite tower was built. However, there were many complaints that the light was too dim, so as shipbuilding became more prominent in the area, a new lighthouse was needed and the current Morgan Point Lighthouse was built in 1868.
In 1919, Morgan Point was discontinued and later sold to a private owner.
The structure is of the same design as lighthouses at Sheffield Island in Norwalk; Great Captain Island in Greenwich; Old Field Point Light and Plum Island in New York; and Block Island North in Rhode Island.<ref name="friends">[http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=802 "Morgan Point, CT"] LighthouseFriends.com. Accessed August 21, 2006</ref>
It is a granite ashlar building with an octagonal tower rising above. It has a "dentillated cornice and a slate-shingled roof. Inside, the lightkeeper's room is fitted out like a cabin, with fold-out desk and built-in bunk." As of 1978, it was a private residence and the lamp had been removed.<ref name="nrhpinv3">{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=79002656}} |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Noank Historic District |date=July 26, 1978 |last=Clouette |first=Bruce |publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>{{rp|4}}
It is included in the Noank Historic District, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. It is no longer an active aid to navigation and is not open to the public.
==Noank Light 5== {{Infobox lighthouse | qid=Q108649914 |mapframe=no |shape=square skeletal tower with light }} Noank Light 5 is the active light substitute of the lighthouse, located offshore Morgan Point on the west side of Mystic River at the entrance of the harbour. It consists of a small skeletal tower on a stone basement and emits a quick green light.
==See also== {{stack|{{Portal|Connecticut|Engineering}}}} * List of lighthouses in Connecticut * List of lighthouses in the United States
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==External links== * [http://listoflights.org/images/leuchtfeuer/gross/J0676.jpg Picture of Noank Light 5 active light] <br> {{commons category|position=left|Morgan Point Lighthouse}} {{Lighthouses of Connecticut}} {{Authority control | additional=Q108649914}}
Category:Lighthouses in New London County, Connecticut Category:Long Island Sound Category:Lighthouses completed in 1868 Category:Historic district contributing properties in New London County, Connecticut Category:Lighthouses completed in 1831 Category:1831 establishments in Connecticut