Eastern Point, at the entrance to Gloucester Harbor, has been home to farms, a quarry, a Civil War fort, a number of summer residences and the Eastern Point Yacht Club.

A stone lighthouse, 30 feet high, was erected and first lighted on January 1, 1832. The third and present Eastern Point Light was built in 1890 on the old foundation of the 1832 tower.

Then, between 1894 and 1905, a 2,250-foot breakwater in front of the lighthouse was built. At the end of this breakwater is another light, Gloucester Breakwater Light, established to mark dangerous Dog Bar Reef.

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