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Building / Landmark · September 14, 1716 · Boston

Boston Light

America’s first lighthouse (September 14, 1716), on Little Brewster Island. Destroyed by the British in 1776, rebuilt in 1783, and still the only officially staffed lighthouse in the United States.

Why it matters

One of the oldest things still standing in the region — dated to 1716, and tied to 2 other entities across four centuries of the city’s record.

Open the full civic recordCurrent pulse, routes, recommendations, and memory
Living object

Now, then, future

Every object is temporal: what it feels like now, what it used to mean, and what it can become next.

Now

quiet enough to notice details. Best now: the older layer.

Then

Boston Light enters the civic record in 1716.

Future

2026: America’s 250th — July 4, 2026.

Current modemidday
Historical echo1716
Connected eventAmerica’s 250th — July 4, 2026
Pulse

How it feels right now

Current energyquiet enough to notice details
Best nowthe older layer
Best timemidday
historic
Rain scoremodest

Indoor escapes within a few blocks.

Laptop friendlinesslow

Coffee, libraries, bookstores, and campus edges.

Student presencelow

How strongly the nearby graph reads as campus life.

Tourist pressurelow

Fame, landmark pull, and visitor-facing assets.

Historic densitystrong

Older records and historical edges around this object.

Serendipityquiet

Different kinds of things hiding within a short walk.

Turn this into a walk

Routes with a point of view

What should I see next?

Chosen moves from here

The editor's hand

Human recommendations

Civic memory

What this meant before

Established
September 14, 1716
Address
Little Brewster Island, Boston Harbor
Graph connections
2
Plan your visit

In the graph 2 relationships — first-class data, not links

Explore Boston Light in the interactive Graph Explorer — click to expand every connection →
Located in
Boston

Nearby what sits within a few minutes’ walk

Related reading

An unexpected connection

Boston Light is linked, through the graph, to City of Firsts article / guide, 8.9 mi away. The kind of thread you only find by following the connections.

Keep exploring graph-powered — every path below is a real relationship, not a guess

One record, 1 framing cross-property publishing — never duplicated

Boston400.com · you are here

How we know graph confidence — we explain our certainty, not just assert it

Source qualityBest source is primary / institutional
Independent corroboration2 sources
Human-reviewedEditorially verified
Institutional backingCites a primary or institutional source
Record completeness100% of canonical fields present
Sources, by tier
US Coast Guard Primary / institutional
National Park Service Primary / institutional
Graph scores — our north star is relationship density, not page count
Relationship density25
2 connections
Record coverage84
metadata completeness
Graph authority28
centrality + reach + trust
Schema.org JSON-LD — what answer engines read
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