Westchester Insider: Westchester County: 5/23 AT 2 P.M. - COUNTY EXECUTIVE LATIMER TO HOST RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY AT TARRYTOWN LIGHTHOUSE.

WESTCHESTER COUNTY EXECUTIVE GEORGE LATIMER TO HOST RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY AT TARRYTOWN LIGHTHOUSE.

 

(White Plains, NY) – To commemorate the completion of the $3.4 million capital project, Westchester County officials will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Tarrytown Lighthouse. The event will also coincide with the 150th anniversary of the Town of Sleepy Hollow.

 

Thursday, May 23

2 p.m.

Tarrytown Lighthouse in Kingsland Point Park

299 Palmer Avenue

Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591

 

This rehabilitation project is part of continued efforts by Latimer to rebuild Westchester County’s infrastructure, in order to enhance the quality of life for those who call Westchester County home. Similar projects include the total restoration of Memorial Field in Mount Vernon, the Miller House in North White Plains, a new Family Court building in New Rochelle, the rehabilitation of the Sprain Ridge Pools in Yonkers, historic investment in Playland Park in Rye, and various other physical infrastructure like roads and bridges County-wide.

 

Restoration of the Lighthouse included exterior repairs and repainting, addressing caisson cracks, window and door replacement, cleaning and re-pointing of the foundation masonry, refurbishing of the interior plaster and painting finishes, restoring the wood floors, reconstruction of the intermediate landing between the bridge and gangway, a new security gate on the mainland, and new electric exterior lighting.

 

The Lighthouse, which was built in 1883, is a “sparkplug” lighthouse, whose superstructure rests on concrete and metal caisson. The capital project restored the Lighthouse to its original and most authentic rendition, which is from the time period between 1937-1976 when it was still in active service, and its physical exterior was what it is now. The Tarrytown Lighthouse was built in response to pleas by local steamship companies for assistance in navigating dangerous shoals. It’s the only conical steel structure in Westchester to include living quarters for its keepers. Once the Tappan Zee Bridge was built, the Lighthouse was considered obsolete and taken out of service in 1961.