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Supposedly a watch house was located at the same place as the hospital
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They made an earthwork fort when seeing British ship 'The Nautilus' started firing on the town
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Got its name from a smallpox hospital built near it
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The hospital served as a barrack in the war of 1812
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Hospital originally there burned down
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The lighthouse board requested funds to complete the lighting of Salem Harbor
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Congress approved of the request and gave the town $30,000 for it
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A temporary light was put in at Hospital Point
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45ft square brick lighthouse and a 2 story keeper's house were built
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The longest serving keeper at Hospital Point, a beverly native, shoemaker, and Civil War veteran
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the brick oil house that was built still stands, later on adding a garage in 1942
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During presidency in the summer, he would stay at a large home at Woodbury Point
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When Taft was president and came over, he brought his son with him, and got a chance to look inside the lighthouse, reported in a newspaper article
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Became the keeper of the lighthouse after his wife died from a hurricane the year before. Small was also injured, but was able to recover
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during WWII, Small had the jobs of shore patrolling and checking the lights
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Small put barracks on his house for 20 of the men, doing so since war of 1812
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Other small additions were made to hospital point
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The lighthouse was automated
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The couple lived in the lighthouse for a few years during this time period
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After surviving for many years, the steeple eventually burned down
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The lighthouse became the official Hospital point range front light
