as Execution Rocks Light Station. On January 27, 2009, the Secretary of the Interior announced that Execution Rocks Light would be transferred to the Philadelphia-based Historically Significant Structures, which would partner with the Science Museum of Long Island to restore the light. The lighthouse was featured on the Travel Channel show Ghost Adventures'' in 2009. Chronology A chronological history of the lighthouse from the Coast Guard: 1847, March: Congress appropriated $25,000 for the light to be built. 1849, May: Construction was completed. 1850: The lighthouse was first lit. 1856: A fourth order Fresnel lens was installed. 1868: The keeper's quarters were added. The keeper no longer had to live in the cramped space inside the tower. December 8, 1918: A fire with an unknown origin caused $13,500 in damages. The engine house and machinery were destroyed, the tower and oil house were damaged and the windows, woodwork, gutters and eaves were also damaged. December 5, 1979: The lighthouse was automated. A VEGA lantern replaced the Fresnel lens. 2010: Historically Significant Structures Inc. is giving tower climb tours of the lighthouse in the summer. References External links US-Lighthouses / Execution Rock Lighthouse History Lighthouses completed in 1949 Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Long Island Sound Buildings and structures in New Rochelle, New York Reportedly haunted locations in New York (state) National Register of Historic Places in Westchester County, New York Transportation buildings and structures in Westchester County, New York