The Council of Independent Colleges: Historic Campus Architecture Project

Patrick Light (59.9 mile marker)

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Patrick Light (view toward the river), University of Charleston

Patrick Light (view from the river), University of Charleston

Institution Name: University of Charleston
Original/Historic Place Name: Patrick Light
Location on Campus: northwest corner of main campus on river bank
Date(s) of Construction:

n.d.	construction information unknown

Designer:
Type of Place: Landscape site
Style: (Glossary)
Significance: history, landscape
Narrative: see below
References: see below

Function:

ca. n.d.-present (2006)

other (navigation light for river barges, formerly also for steamboats)

Narrative:
The Patrick Light, also known as the 59.9 mile marker, is a navigation light on the Kanawha River named for William H. Patrick (1861-1942), who was the longest active pilot of steamboats on the Kanawha. He began as a pilot at age 21 and made his last trip four months before his death. Mr. Patrick lived near the light on what is now the campus of the University of Charleston. The light is in good operating condition.

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