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b'Located at the eastern tip of Long Island, Montauk Point Light is the oldest lighthouse in New York and the fourth oldest active lighthouse in the country. Construction began in 1796 and was completed in the following year. When the light station was automated and de-staffed in 1987, a museum opened in the keeper\\u2019s house, operated by the Montauk Historical Society. Then, in 1996, ownership of the light station buildings was transferred to the historical society. \\n\\n\\n\\nMontauk Lighthouse, New York. U.S. Lighthouse Society photo by J. Candace Clifford.\\n\\n\\n\\nHenry Osmers\\n\\n\\n\\nFor many years the light station has been threatened by the erosion of the bluff on which it stands; it was 297 feet from the edge when it was first built, and only about 90 feet today. A series of erosion control measures have been carried out, including a current revetment project costing more than $30 million and being implemented by the Army Corps of Engineers. \\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nMia Ceric\\n\\n\\n\\nMia Certic became the executive director of the Montauk Historical Society in April 2020. She is a writer and screenwriter who\\u2019s lived in California for many years, but she\\u2019s spent every summer in her life at Montauk. \\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nHenry Osmers is the official historian for the lighthouse, and he\\u2019s written four books about Montauk history. One of them, On Eagle\\u2019s Beak, published in 2008, was the first major history of the lighthouse.'