Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation
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| Last updated on May 8, 2008 |
Our mission is to preserve the historic and environmental integrity of Rose Island, to maintain and operate its Lighthouse and to provide education and public access for all people.
Description:
RILF was established in 1984 to restore the Rose Island Lighthouse. Since accomplishing that task, we have gone on to purchase the rest of the 18 acre island to protect its bird nesting habitat and historic remains of Fort Hamilton. Our environmental education programs involve teaching visitors both young and old about conservation, using the keepers as role models.
History:
Beyond the reach of Newport's utility lines and services, the Rose Island Lighthouse stands as an independent, energy-efficient building that was home to keepers and their families for over a hundred years.
After the Newport Bridge was built the Lighthouse was abandoned and became badly vandalized. Over the course of the next eight years, members of the Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation cleaned out and restored it to its 1912 appearance, installing new, environmentally sensitive utility systems for heat, water, sewer and electricity.
On August 7, 1993, when the funds had been raised to pay all the restoration bills, the light in the tower was joyously relit. The Rose Island Light is currently listed on charts as a private aid to navigation. The Lighthouse is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is maintained by volunteer keepers who pay a fee to sign on for a week at a time as part of our environmental education program, where people of all ages learn about the Lighthouse's history and they experience, first-hand, the keeper's self-sufficient, resourceful way of life...lessons that last a lifetime.
Contact people:
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David McCurdy, Executive Director, (401) 847-4242, (email)
Reada Evans, Education Director, (401) 847-4242, (email) |
Office fax number: (401) 847-7262
Address:
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PO Box 1419
Newport, RI 02840 |
Web Site: http://www.roseisland.org
Miscellaneous Information
| Handicap accessible? |
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No
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| Does your agency accept court-appointed volunteers? |
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No
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