Tags: Lighthouse, Tower.
Race Point Light is a historic lighthouse on Cape Cod in Provincetown Massachusetts. It was first established in 1816 the third light on Cape Cod (after Highland Light 1797 and Chatham Light 1808) a rubblestone tower with one of the first rotating beacons. In 1858 the light got a fourth order Fresnel lens and in 1874 a second keeper’s quarters. In 1875 after significant deterioration of the original tower it was replaced with an iron tower lined with brick.
