Lighthouse

Buffalo Main Light  

"...there were little daily miracles, illuminations, matches struck unexpectedly in the dark; here was one." - Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse. The warning pyre that has steered ships away from disaster or to seek safe harbor has become an archetype of psychological and literary import. Our beacon is no less significant, indeed, being the very image we use on our city emblem. Lit in 1833 on the spot that had been a warning fire since 1818, the Buffalo Lighthouse promises to keep the fires burning. The deactivated lighthouse (1914) is a 60 foot octagonal historically registered site returned to public access in 2010. It is now part of a museum located at The U.S. Coast GuardStation.

http://www.us-lighthouses.com/displaypage.php?LightID=95
http://live.buffalonews.com/2016/07/10/120000-upgrade-brings-historically-acccurate-lens-buffalo-lighthouse/