From Wikipedia.
There has been a beacon at Watch Hill, Rhode Island, dating to 1745. Rhode Island's colonial government erected a watchtower and beacon there during the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War.
The original structure was destroyed in a 1781 storm. Plans were immediately made to build a new lighthouse to mark the eastern entrance to Fishers island Sound and to warn mariners of dangerous reefs southwest of Watch Hill.
President Thomas Jefferson signed an act to build a lighthouse there in 1806 and construction of the 35 foot tall structure was completed in 1807.
So, there was a lighthouse there when Oliver Hazard Perry had his ship, the USS Revenge run into the reef and sink in 1811.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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