Located at 50km south of Cape Cod, the island Nantucket is a tourist destination and summer colony, which has home values among the highest in the US, even if is the least-populous county in Massachusetts. Great Point Lighthouse, officially Nantucket Light, is located on the northernmost point of the island. First built in 1784, the original wooden tower was destroyed by fire in 1816. The following year a stone tower was erected which stood until toppled in a storm in March 1984. Rebuilt again in 1986, the stone tower was built to replicate the old one, and still remains in operation today.
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