Orient Point, NEW YORK - Lighthouse - 1954 - Suffolk County For Sale

Orient Point, NEW YORK - Lighthouse - 1954 - Suffolk County: Orient is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, United States. The CDP's population was 743 at the 2010 census. Orient and Orient Point are used almost interchangeably. However, Orient Point refers specifically to the physical point at the end of the North Fork of Long Island, while Orient is the hamlet in which the point is located. Orient Point Light is a sparkplug lighthouse off Orient Point, New York in Plum Gut of Long Island Sound – the deep and narrow gap between Orient Point and Plum Island. It was built in 1899 and was automated in 1954. The lighthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. The lighthouse was sold as excess property in 2013 and is owned by artist Randy Polumbo. This Linen Era postcard, mailed in 1954, is in good condition. Tomlin Art Company. Northport, Long Island, N. Y. No. 16718. No. L. I. 10.