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- It’s believed a watch house was previously located there
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The area was the site of an earthwork fort when the British ship Nautilus fired on the town
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smallpox hospital built there
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The hospital, used as a barracks in the War.
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The hospital that was used as a barracks in the War of 1812 burned down
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The Lighthouse Board requested funds "to complete the lighting" of Salem Harbor
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was appropriated by Congress “to complete the lighting.”
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A temporary light was exhibited at Hospital Point
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a 45-foot- square brick lighthouse and adjacent two-story keeper's house were completed.
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Joseph Henry Herrick (the longest serving keeper at hospital point served in the military.
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Joseph Henry Herrick ended his service in the military.
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the lighthouse officially became the Hospital Point Range Front Light
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The lighthouse was automated
