Robbins Reef Light Station
a.k.a. Robbins Reef Light; Kate's Light
SW Upper New York Bay, 2.6 mi. SE of I-78 Interchange 14A, Bayonne, NJRobbins Reef Light Station is historically significant in the Hudson County, New Jersey, locality and is eligible for the National Register under Criteria A and C. It is significant under Criterion A for its association with the efforts of the Federal government to provide for an integrated system of navigational aids throughout the United States and in promoting maritime transport safety in and around the ports in northern New Jersey and New York City. It is also significant under Criterion C as a well-preserved early example of pier foundation design for offshore lighthouses and as an example of late nineteenth-century light tower design. The property's period of historical significant begins in 1839 when its foundation pier was built. The period of historical significance ends in 1955, the most recent year of the light's operation, fifty years before the present.
Local significance of the structure:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 2006.
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