Connecticut isn't as famous as Maine or Massachusetts or North Carolina for lighthouses, but it has a few very historic ones. This one isn't as famous, but it's noteworthy for both location and preservation value (and that has been debated a bit, apparently). So let's take a look at the Lynde Point Lighthouse.
First of all, here is where it is. It's near Old Saybrook and Old Lyme, and as you will see if you look at the map, it's permanently closed.
So maybe the Lighthouse Directory can comment on that.
"1839 (station established 1803). Active; focal plane 71 ft (21.5 m); continuous white light. 65 ft (20 m) octagonal brownstone tower with lantern and gallery, 5th order Fresnel lens (1890). Tower and lantern painted white, roof of lantern red. The historic keeper's house (1858) was demolished in 1966 and replaced with modern Coast Guard housing. ... In summer 2002 the lighthouse was repainted by the crew of the Coast Guard icebreaker Penobscot Bay. In 2023 the lighthouse became available for transfer under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act (NHLPA); the New London Maritime Society and the Borough of Fenwick applied for it but promised to work together if either is selected. The lighthouse is adjacent to a neighborhood of large homes. Located at the landward end of the Saybrook breakwater at Lynde Point in Old Saybrook, the west side of the Connecticut River entrance."
There are several websites about it; here are a couple.
Lynde Point (Saybrook Inner), CT (Lighthouse Friends)
Lynde Point Lighthouse (New England Lighthouses)
Lynde Point Light (NE Lights)
Three pictures are below; it isn't hard to find more.
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