Notes:
(1) A square stone Beacon was built on Lime Rock to mark the 110-foot long by 80-foot wide rock located 600-feet offshore and to aid navigation in Newport’s Inner Harbor.  A Keeper’s House was built and attached to the Tower in 1856.


(2) In 1924, Rhode Island voted to change the name of Lime Rock Light to Ida Lewis Rock Light.

      In 1925, The Lighthouse Service officially renamed the Lighthouse after G. R. Putnam, Commissioner of Lighthouses recommended changing the name of Lime Rock Light Station to Ida Lewis Rock Light Station in honor of America’s well known Lighthouse Keeper.

(3) Replaced By a Skeleton Tower from 1927 to 1963:
 
(4) Reactivated as a Private Aid.  A Electric Lantern is lit from mid-May to mid-October as a tribute to Ida Lewis.

(5) In 1883, the Characteristic was changed to FR [Fixed Red].
     The original Characteristic was FW [Fixed White] Sixth-order Fresnel Lens.

(6) The original Fresnel Lens is on display at the Museum of Newport History

(7) Father of the Famous Woman Light Keeper, Ida Lewis, who was the first woman awarded the Gold Lifesaving Medal on July 16, 1881 receiving national recognition as the “Heroine of Lime Rock” for saving the lives of 18 people.  A 1910 Postcard with Ida Lewis standing in front of the Lighthouse.

      After her father’s disabling stroke, Ida unofficialy tended the Light for 22 years (1857 to 1879).  Ida’s mother, Zoradia, was appointed Keeper after her husband died in November 1872.  On January 21, 1879, Ida Lewis was appointed official Keeper serving another 32 years and died in service of a stroke on October 24, 1911.

(8) The Lighthouse and Keeper’s Quarters are owned by the Ida Lewis Yacht Club which is rarely open to the public.  The private Yacht Club is located on Wellington Avenue just before Halidon Avenue.
Directions from I-95 S in Providence, RI:
      Take exit number 9 on the left towards Newport/S. County and Merge onto RI-4 S.
Turn a Slight Right onto Tower Hill Road, take the RI-138 E ramp towards Jamestown/Newport/Bridges, and Merge onto RI-138 E for 8.8-miles.
Take the RI-238 S exit towards Scenic Newport, Turn Right onto RI 138A/RI-238/JT Connell Hwy. for 0.06 miles.
RI 138A/RI-238/JT Connell Hwy. becomes RI 138A/Farewell St/RI-238.
Turn Right onto Americas Cup Avenue (RI-138A), (0.7 miles)
Turn Right onto Thames Street (0.4 miles).
Turn Right onto Wellington Avenue for 0.5 miles to the Yacht Club.