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Get an up-close look at one of the few remaining lighthouses on the Hudson River — the Hudson Athens Lighthouse! In this video, Lighthouse volunteer Jonathan Palmer shows us around the historic structure located in the middle of the river. The League has been involved in helping the Hudson-Athens Lighthouse Preservation Society since including the Lighthouse on our 2020-2021 Seven to Save list.
The National Register-listed Hudson-Athens Lighthouse was constructed in 1874 and is one of only seven remaining Hudson River lighthouses (of the original 14). While the US Coast Guard maintains the light, the nonprofit Hudson-Athens Lighthouse Preservation Society (HALPS) stewards and maintains the structure. In 1967, Governor Nelson Rockefeller established the Hudson River Valley Commission to explore possible uses for the Hudson River lighthouses. The Commission suggested that certain lighthouses owned by the Coast Guard be turned over to nonprofit groups to ensure their preservation and upkeep. The Hudson–Athens Lighthouse was the first station to benefit from this arrangement. In 1982, a group of concerned citizens from neighboring Greene and Columbia Counties formed HALPS, and in 1984, a 20-year lease was signed between them and the Coast Guard. In 2000, title to the station was turned over permanently to HALPS, who has been solely responsible for analysis and mitigation of structural, aesthetic, interpretive, and public access issues that face the property. Learn more: https://www.preservenys.org/blog/seve...