Three Sisters Lighthouses Cape Cod

In 1923 the brick house was replaced by a cast iron building which was attached to the keeper s house.

Three sisters lighthouses cape cod.

The three sisters are a series of 3 lighthouses located on the eastham coast of massachusetts. Eastham bed and breakfast. The lights soon gained the nickname the three sisters because from sea they looked like women in white dresses with black hats. Cape cod shores change quickly.

It is a story that is still going on to this day. Three 15 foot high masonry towers were built. The history of these structures begins nearly 200 years ago when the town of eastham petitioned to have a beacon built along the shore to protect passing vessels after there had been so. In 1911 two of the three sisters were decommissioned.

The first set of lighthouses were commissioned by congress in 1837 and built for 10 000 to provide for a light halfway along the eastern coast of cape cod. These are the three sisters lighthouses and their story is one of the most fascinating in cape cod history. View all hotels near the three sisters lighthouses on tripadvisor. The national lighthouse board ordered three new moveable wooden towers to be built thirty feet inland from the original masonry ones.

Because there was one light the cape cod light in truro and two lights the twin lights in chatham it was decided that there should be three lights to distinguish between the. 1 42 mi midway motel 1 57 mi inn at the oaks 2 73 mi fort hill bed and breakfast 0 45 mi the nauset guesthouse 3 44 mi eagle wing inn cape cod.