On March 2, 2012 United States Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar officially designated the lighthouse as a National Historic Landmark; it is the 14th site on Long Island and the 11th lighthouse in the country to be so recognized.
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The park contains the Montauk Point Light, which was authorized by the Second Congress, under President George Washington in 1792.