Lighthouse Architectural Styles: Cape Cod Integral

Probably the first standardized lighthouse design after Winslow Lewis' simple conical brick towers. The design is usually credited with being first used at East Point on the eastern shore of Delaware Bay. East Point was likely inspired by several lighthouses and keeper dwellings at Cheseapeake Bay light stations. However, it is best known for its use on the Pacific Coast where most of the early lighthouses built there, including 6 of the first 8, used some variantion of this design. This style was originally popularized by residences on Cape Cod, Massachusetts - hence the name ("integral" refers to the tower being part of the dwelling, rather than a seperate structure).

Per Wayne Wheeler of the US Lightouse Society, the standardized design may have been created by Maj. John G. Totten, Chief Engineer of the US Army. Totten designed the stone lighthouse at Minot's Ledge and the Totten Beacon, a type of iron daybeacon used in the Florida Keys.

These lighthouses are rectangular, 1.5 or 2.5 stories tall, and made of brick or stone. The lantern is atop a very short tower located in the center of the structure, just above the gable roof. A few later variants used a wooden building elevated on screwpiles, but otherwise resembled the earlier lighthouses of this style.

The list is sorted by date the lighthouse was first lighted.