Cedar Point Association
PO Box 192
Scituate, MA 02066
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In the year 1810 the United States Congress voted $4000 to build a lighthouse at Scituate Harbor. The Light, of split granite blocks with a one and one half story house attached, was activated in 1811.
Captain Simeon Bates, the first keeper of Scituate Lighthouse, his wife, and nine children lived at the house. During the War of 1812 Abigail and Rebecca, young daughters of the lighthouse keeper, prevented the British from sacking the town. Noting the approach of two redcoat-filled barges from a British ship of war, the girls snatched fife and drum and hiding behind a thick cluster of cedar trees made such a din that the British mistook them for an entire regiment and made a hasty retreat.
Abigail and Rebecca Bates have gone down in history as 'The American Army of Two" and their courageous act has been recorded in many textbooks and story books.
Due to complaints from mariners that the light could not be seen from far enough away to make proper heading adjustments, the government added fifteen feet in height to the tower in 1827, mortaring red brick on top of the granite blocks. The light was deactivated in 1860 with the construction of the new Minot’s Light to the north, and the lantern room removed. A minor beacon was kept at the end of the breakwater extending to the south from Cedar Point.
In 1916 the Town of Scituate purchased the lighthouse for $1000 from the federal government, saving it from public auction. In 1930 the Town built a new lantern room atop the light, justifying it, even during the first year of the Great Depression, by stating that "a community is judged by the condition of its public buildings; therefore the lighthouse should be well kept and in pleasing looking condition."
- Courtesy of Scituate Historical Society
© Photograph Scituate Lighthouse Reflection by Jim Moran
We hope you find helpful information regarding Cedar Point. There are 116 homes on the Point. We currently have over 100 members in our association.
If you have any questions or suggestions regarding our new website, please contact Michelle Moran at
Town of Scituate Website
Scituate Coastal Coalition http://www.scituatecoastalcoalition.org
Scituate Historical Society
http://www.scituatehistoricalsociety.org/
Old Scituate Light Blog
http://oldscituatelight.blogspot.com/
National Weather Service
National Weather Service Discussion
National Hurricane Center
National Ocean Service Tides Online
http://tidesonline.nos.noaa.gov/
Boston Buoy
https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=4401
Boston Tide Gauge
https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/waterlevels.html?id=8443970
Our Light's History & Scituate Historical Society
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Cedar Point Association
PO Box 192
Scituate, MA 02066
mzran