The Lighthouse Service
The Lighthouse Service is a memorial in Erie County, Niagara Frontier, New York. The Lighthouse Service is situated nearby to Lighthouse Point Park, as well as near the marina Cazenovia Community Boating Center.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include USS Croaker and KeyBank Center.
USS Croaker
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
USS Croaker, a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the croaker, any of various fishes which make throbbing or drumming noises. USS Croaker is situated 1,200 feet east of The Lighthouse Service.
KeyBank Center
Stadium
Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0.
KeyBank Center is a multipurpose indoor arena located in Buffalo, New York, United States. Originally known as Marine Midland Arena, the venue has since been named HSBC Arena and First Niagara Center. KeyBank Center is situated 2,600 feet east of The Lighthouse Service.
Buffalo Main Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Robert Linsdell, CC BY 2.0.
Buffalo Light is a lighthouse at the mouth of Buffalo River/Erie Canal, directly across from the Erie Basin Marina in Buffalo, New York. Buffalo Main Light is situated 990 feet west of The Lighthouse Service.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Canalside and Buffalo.
Canalside
Neighborhood
Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Canalside, formerly known as Canal Side and also referred to as Erie Canal Harbor, is a mixed-use recreational and entertainment district in downtown Buffalo, New York.
Buffalo
Photo: AndreCarrotflower, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The largest city in New York State's Niagara Frontier, Buffalo is a city full of surprises. Though Buffalo is sometimes the butt of jokes about chicken wings, its long-suffering sports teams, and the mountains of snow under which it is supposedly buried each…
Downtown Buffalo
Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Downtown has been the nucleus of Buffalo since its foundation; over two centuries later, it retains its central importance in the Niagara Frontier both geographically and commercially.
The Lighthouse Service
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “Established in 1789, the U.S. Lighthouse Service maintained lighthouses and a district headquarters in Buffalo until it was absorbed by the Coast Guard in 1939.”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Erie County, Niagara Frontier, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.87758° or 42° 52′ 39″ northLongitude
-78.88582° or 78° 53′ 9″ westOpen location code
87J3V4H7+2MOpenStreetMap ID
node 9848956846OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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Highlights include Lighthouse Point Park and Cazenovia Community Boating Center.
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