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Origin
The name of the light station stems from a smallpox hospital built on the site -
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Still there
The Beverly Hospital Point Lighthouse is still up and running and its used to navigate ships coming into the Salem Harbor. -
Fire!
The hospital burns down. -
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Joseph Henry Herrick
Joseph Henry Herrick served at Hospital Point. Man from Beverly served in the Civil War, and at one time was a shoemaker in the city was also the longest serving keeper. -
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President lived around here?!
President William Howard Taft had a summer home located between Hospital Point and Beverly Cove. -
Hospital Point Light
Hospital Point Light officially became the Hospital Point Range Front Light.
