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The [[Cedar Point Lighthouse ]] is located approximately one-third of a mile off Cedar Point, the conjunction of the southern shore of the [[Patuxent River ]] and the [[Chesapeake Bay ]] in [[St. Mary's County, Maryland]]. The lighthouse stands on a partially submerged 1.53-acre island which is the remnant of the original Cedar Point, destroyed by erosion.

The significance of the Cedar Point Lighthouse lies in the history of navigation and commerce in the Chesapeake Bay. Additionally, the shell of a building which remained in 1981 had some architectural interest in the area of the gable ends, tower, and lantern. No technological distinction has been found for the building. The reader is directed to the comprehensive Lighthouses of the Chesapeake Bay listed in the bibliography for a frame of reference in which to evaluate the significance of the Cedar Point Lighthouse. One hundred lighthouses were constructed at seventy-four locations in the Chesapeake Bay in the period from 1791 to 1910. Of these, thirty-two remain – and are portrayed in Lighthouses – and three are still manned. At present seven of the existing lighthouses in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries are listed on the National Register. They are Thomas Point Shoals, [[Cove PointLighthouse|Cove Point]], Drum Point, Havre de Grace, [[Piney Point Lighthouse|Piney Point]], Old Point Comfort, and New Point Comfort.

A. Early views: Two historic photographs identified as dating from 1900printed in the October 24. 1957 edition of the Lexington Park, MarylandEnterprise. (Not to be found in the photographic archives of his paper).

Excerpt from 1976 Navy Department General Development Map of [[Naval Air Station. Patuxent River]], Maryland.