Montauk Point, New York (1792)

Montauk Point Lighthouse is the oldest lighthouse in New York State. This lighthouse was Authorized by President George Washington in 1792, the100 foot tower has been part of Long Island's land and seascape for almost 200 years. In 1900 Montauk received it's dark brown band midway up the white tower, and in 1903 the first-order lens was replaced with a bivalve "clamshell" lens. In 1987 the bivalve lens was replaced with a revolving airport beacon.