Lighthouse Point & Five Mile Point Light
A selected, source-based research collection for New Haven and Fairfield counties. Includes credited photographs where reusable images were located, historical interpretation and links to supporting records. It is a growing inventory, not an exhaustive survey. Photographs retain their individual dates and reuse terms; images do not establish present access conditions.

id: CT052-S01
title: Five Mile Point Light: history and source bibliography
kind: Sources & research leads
date: Source reviewed September 2026
institution: Lighthouse Point & Five Mile Point Light
summary: Supporting source for the collection’s history, chronology and research notes. Maritime navigation and shoreline recreation share the same New Haven landmark.
url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Mile_Point_Light
credit: Five Mile Point Light
notes: External source; the full publication remains with its publisher. The archive provides an original educational summary and a link. See the collection history for the claims supported by this record.
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id: CT052-P01
title: LIGHTHOUSE POINT CAROUSEL BUILDING, NEW HAVEN, CT
kind: Photographs
date: Date unverified; Commons file has a 1970 camera timestamp
institution: Lighthouse Point & Five Mile Point Light
summary: THE LIGHTHOUSE POINT CAROUSEL IS LOCATED IN THE EAST SHORE SECTION OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT. THE CAROUSEL BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 1916, REPLACING AN EARLIER ONE.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LIGHTHOUSE_POINT_CAROUSEL_BUILDING,_NEW_HAVEN,_CT.jpg
credit: JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ MD / CC BY-SA 3.0
notes: Reuse permitted under CC BY-SA 3.0; credit the creator, link the license, and identify changes. Adapted images must be shared under the same license. Image supplied at web resolution; no editorial changes to the source image.
file: images/lighthouse_point-26580725.jpg
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license_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0
external_image_url: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/LIGHTHOUSE_POINT_CAROUSEL_BUILDING%2C_NEW_HAVEN%2C_CT.jpg
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id: CT052-P02
title: Lighthouse Point Park - lighthouse and view of downtown New Haven
kind: Photographs
date: 2015-03-29 14:59:45
institution: Lighthouse Point & Five Mile Point Light
summary: View of downtown New Haven, Connecticut and Five Mile Point Light in Lighthouse Point Park
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lighthouse_Point_Park_-_lighthouse_and_view_of_downtown_New_Haven.jpg
credit: Jllm06 / CC BY-SA 4.0
notes: Reuse permitted under CC BY-SA 4.0; credit the creator, link the license, and identify changes. Adapted images must be shared under the same license. Image supplied at web resolution; no editorial changes to the source image.
file: images/lighthouse_point-64068332.jpg
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license_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
external_image_url: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Lighthouse_Point_Park_-_lighthouse_and_view_of_downtown_New_Haven.jpg
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id: CT052-P03
title: Lighthouse Point Park in New Haven, Connecticut
kind: Photographs
date: 2018-05-18 15:25:18
institution: Lighthouse Point & Five Mile Point Light
summary: This is the Lighthouse located in New Haven, Connecticut at Lighthouse Point Park, a fun park to attend to along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean that has a twist of New England Lighthouses.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lighthouse_Point_Park_in_New_Haven,_Connecticut.jpg
credit: Daphne Swiateck / CC BY-SA 4.0
notes: Reuse permitted under CC BY-SA 4.0; credit the creator, link the license, and identify changes. Adapted images must be shared under the same license. Image supplied at web resolution; no editorial changes to the source image.
file: images/lighthouse_point-72636847.jpg
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license_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
external_image_url: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Lighthouse_Point_Park_in_New_Haven%2C_Connecticut.jpg
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id: ED-C-image-pass-008
title: LighthousePoint NewHavenCT
kind: Photographs
date: 2007-07-01
institution: Lighthouse Point & Five Mile Point Light
summary: Lighthouse and rocky shoreline at Lighthouse Point Park. The lighthouse at Lighthouse Point Park, New Haven, photographed in 2007.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LighthousePoint_NewHavenCT.JPG
credit: Versageek / Wikimedia Commons; creator's original upload or named collection
notes: Modern color photograph. Display copy optimized for the web with proportional resizing and compression. The linked repository identifies the original image. Reuse: CC BY-SA 3.0
file: images/ED-C-image-pass-008.webp
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accessed: 2026-09-12
license_url: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
external_image_url: https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/LighthousePoint_NewHavenCT.JPG/1280px-LighthousePoint_NewHavenCT.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail
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id: ED-C-image-pass-009
title: PostcardLighthouseSouthSideEastHavenCT
kind: Postcards
date: circa 1912
institution: Lighthouse Point & Five Mile Point Light
summary: Color postcard of the old lighthouse's south side at Lighthouse Point. A historic postcard depicts the south side of the old lighthouse at Lighthouse Point.
url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PostcardLighthouseSouthSideEastHavenCT.jpg
credit: Unknown author / Wikimedia Commons; creator's original upload or named collection
notes: The printed caption includes New Haven (East Haven); preserve its wording as historical geography, not a present municipal address. Photomechanical/colored postcard, not an untouched color photograph of 1912. Display copy optimized for the web with proportional resizing and compression. The linked repository identifies the original image. Reuse: PD-US-expired per Commons
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external_image_url: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/PostcardLighthouseSouthSideEastHavenCT.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled
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