'The notion of romance'

Edgartown Harbor Light.

“Perhaps nowhere else is the notion of romance more firmly embedded than at the Edgartown Light.’’

— Julia Wells, in “History of Vineyard Lighthouses,’’ in the April 7, 2001 Vineyard Gazette.

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The first lighthouse at this site, built in 1828, was a two-story wooden structure that also served as the keeper's house. It was replaced by the current cast-iron tower in 1939. Originally on an artificial island about a quarter mile from shore, the lighthouse is now surrounded by a beach formed formed by sand accumulating around the stone causeway connecting it to the Vineyard mainland.

Edgartown is a rich summer resort town.