Poplar Point Light

{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox lighthouse | image_name = Poplar_Light_Rhode_Island.jpg | location= North Kingstown, Rhode Island | coordinates = {{coord|41|34|15|N|71|26|23|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | yearbuilt = 1765 | yearlit = 1831 | yeardeactivated = 1882 | construction = Wood | shape = Octagonal with attached house | marking = White with black trim | height = {{convert|45|ft}} | lens = 8 lamps, {{convert|14.5|in}} | module = {{Infobox NRHP | embed = yes | name = Poplar Point Lighthouse | image = Poplar Light Rhode Island.jpg | caption = Poplar Light, ca. 1900 | area = {{convert|1.5|acre|ha}} | added = February 25, 1988 | mpsub = Lighthouses of Rhode Island TR | refnum = 87001703 <ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2007a}}</ref> }} }}

'''Poplar Point Light''' (Lighthouse), built in 1831, is an historic lighthouse in North Kingstown, Rhode Island.<ref name = "cghist">{{cite uscghist|RI}}</ref><ref name="rowlett">{{cite rowlett|ri|date=2012-10-31}}</ref> It stands at the end of Poplar Point, marking the southern point of Wickford Harbor. The lighthouse was built in 1831 with a stone keeper's dwelling and wooden tower. The light was deactivated in 1882 and replaced by the Wickford Harbor Light. It was sold at auction in 1894 and has been altered by later owners. The lighthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. The tower is the oldest surviving wooden lighthouse tower in the United States,<ref name=rowlett/> and the oldest in Rhode Island still standing at its original location.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url=http://www.preservation.ri.gov/pdfs_zips_downloads/national_pdfs/statewide/lighthouses-of-ri_mps.pdf|title=Lighthouses of Rhode Island MPS (PDF pages 46-50)|publisher=Rhode Island Preservation|accessdate=2014-11-10}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}} {{North Kingstown, Rhode Island}} {{Lighthouses of Rhode Island}} {{NRHP in Washington County, Rhode Island}}

Category:Lighthouses completed in 1831 Category:Houses completed in 1831 Category:Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Rhode Island Category:Buildings and structures in North Kingstown, Rhode Island Category:Lighthouses in Washington County, Rhode Island Category:National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Rhode Island