Conover Beacon Lighthouse - Leonardo, NJ - Coastal Lighthouses on Waymarking.com

The current tower, which resembles a submarine periscope, replaced the hexagonal wooden tower in 1941. Before being relocated to Leonardo, the metal tower served as the front light of the Waackaack (way-cake) Range. The tower’s former location was just over four miles west along the shore at Point Comfort in Keansburg, where it was also known as the Point Comfort or Bayside Beacon.

In 1852, Congress approved funding for the beacon to be established at Leonardo, and the following year, beachfront property was purchased from Rulif Conover, whose name would be applied to the finished tower. Richard Calrow, Jr. constructed both a hexagonal, wooden tower and a wooden keeper’s dwelling at the site in 1856.

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