Lighthouses have graced the bluff above Nauset Beach near Eastham, Massachusetts since the first towers were built in 1838 to help guide shipping in the Cape Cod area. The original navigational aid built was a set of three brick lighthouses; however erosion of the bluff over the years resulted in the rebuilding of the towers in 1892. In 1911 two of the towers were sold to private ownership and the remaining tower was moved back from the edge of the bluff. By 1923 when erosion once again threatened the remaining tower, it was decided to replace it with a new tower in a safer location.