My replica of the Sankaty Head Lighthouse
comes with your choice of:

• Cedar Wood Construction for either indoor or outdoor display
• Pine Wood Construction for indoor use only

The base price includes:

• Aluminum exterior light housing
• Brass and Copper and plastic railings
• Windows that reflect light
• Standard 40 Watt Bulb, 120 Volt AC incandescent light fixture
• Hand crafted and hand painted detail
• Choice of interior or exterior wiring on Cedar replicas
• Interior wiring with In Line On/Off switch on Pine replicas

Options available for the Sankaty Head Lighthouse are:

• Nightlight 7 Watt Bulb, small base light fixture and lantern lens
• Flashing Beacon Kit and lantern lens
• In Line On/Off switch for interior wiring on Cedar replicas
• Outdoor Photo-electric cell for dusk to dawn operation
• Inside Photo-electric cell for automatic night light operation
• 3 to 21 foot Vinyl Coated Galvanized Steel security cable
• Historical Appearance

Special Notes for this lighthouse

HEIGHT: 33 Inches
WIDTH: 10.5 Inches
SHAPE: Conical
WEIGHT: 8.5 Pounds

The Sankaty (pronounced sanc' ity) Head Lighthouse Station was established in 1850 on the bluffs overlooking the Atlantic Ocean on the south east shore of Nantucket Island. This original 70 foot tower on a cliff has a focal plane of 158 feet above sea level. Sankaty Head was the first lighthouse in Massachusetts to be equipped with a Fresnel Lens and also holds the distinction of being the first light station in the United States to be equipped with a Fresnel Lens as its original optic. The 2nd Order lens served until 1970 when the Coast Guard removed it and the lantern room to accommodate a large aerobeacon. The classical lens is now on display at the Nantucket Whaling Museum on Broad Street in Nantucket. The Coast Guard later replaced the large aerobeacon with a smaller beacon in an aluminum lantern room in response to the public pressure to return the light to its historic configuration.

The Sankaty Head Lighthouse is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and had been listed on the Lighthouse Digest Doomsday List of endangered lighthouses. The 100 foot high cliffs that the station was built on have been eroding into the ocean, threatening to topple the lighthouse. In 1994, the keeper's houses and outbuildings were removed as they were also endangered by the erosion and now only the tower remains. On October 11, 2007 the tower was relocated farther inland and saved from being lost to erosion. The Sconset Trust, the non profit conservation group with stewardship of the light organized the move to safety on property owned by the Sankaty Head Golf Club. Now located near the 15th green, the lighthouse and grounds will now be undergoing refurbishment throughout 2008. To view photos of the move or to donate towards the ongoing restoration, please visit The 'Sconset Trust website.

Sankaty Head Lighthouse continues to be an active aid to navigation operated by the US Coast Guard. The lighthouse displays a white flash every seven and a half seconds from a rotating beacon and is visible for 24 nautical miles.

November 2007 Issue, Sankaty Lighthouse Move Saves Beacon From Toppling. "The historic Sankaty Lighthouse on Nantucket Island in Massachusetts has been saved from tumbling over the side of the steep bluffs that had eroded within 75 feet of the tower." Please go to the Lighthouse Digest Magazine Archives to read this article. Lighthouse Digest magazine not only keeps the history of our lighthouses alive both in print and on line, but it is the best single source to keep current on all aspects of lighthouse preservation, news and events.