Located in Montauk Point State Park, at the easternmost point of Long Island, in the hamlet of Montauk, on Turtle Hill, Montauk Light was the first lighthouse in New York State. In nowadays is the fourth-oldest active lighthouse in the United States, and also one of the only 11th lighthouses in the country designated a National Historic Landmark. Its construction was authorized in 1792 and completed in 1796, being also the first public works project of the United States. In 1860 the lighthouse underwent a massive renovation, increasing the height of the tower, and in 1873 a steam-powered fog signal was installed, with a fog signal building in 1897. The tower was originally all white, its single brown stripe being added in 1899. In 1940 the lighthouse was electrified, and the present lens was Installed in 1987.
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