The lighthouse was built in 1883 using pneumatic caisson engineering. The light replaced an earlier 1868 light. Conimicut Lighthouse was automated in the 1960s and was one of the last acetylene gas powered lights to switch to electricity. The City of Warwick acquired the light in 2004. Initially the city planned to restore the lighthouse, but a federal grant for this purpose failed to come through. Subsequently, the city is considering various plans, including leasing it to a tourism company to be converted into a bed-and-breakfast inn.[3]
^Polichetti, Barbara (2 June 2014). "Plan to turn Conimicut Point Lighthouse into B&B put on hold". Providence Journal. pp. A7. Retrieved 2 June 2014. A proposal to lease the Conimicut Point Lighthouse to a private company that would restore it and open it as an inn has been put on hold.
