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The Portland Head Light, first lit in 1791, is the oldest light in the state and was the first US lighthouse completed after independence from Britain. [2] [3] The last lighthouse in the state, the second Whitlocks Mill Light, was first lit in 1910; it is also the most northerly light in the state and therefore on the US Atlantic Coast. [4]
In 1910 the present complex was built, with a fourth-order Fresnel lens mounted in the lantern house. [7] In 1969 the light was automated, and the Fresnel lens was replaced with a standard 9.8 inches (250 mm) optic. The old lens was later put on display at the Shore Village Museum in Rockland (now part of the Maine Lighthouse Museum). [8]
Pages in category "Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine" The following 57 pages are in this category, out of 57 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Burnt Island Light, built in 1821, is the second oldest surviving lighthouse in Maine. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It hosts a living history museum run by the state Department of Marine Resources. [ 4 ] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Burnt Island Light Station on November 23, 1977.
Cape Elizabeth Light (also known as Two Lights) is a lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, at the southwestern entrance to Casco Bay in Maine. [2] [3] [4] Only the eastern tower of the two that made up the light station until 1924 is active. Until recently, the eastern light used a second-order Fresnel lens. The western tower is deactivated, but ...
Wood Island Light is an active lighthouse on the eastern edge of Wood Island in Saco Bay, on the southern coast of Maine. The light is just outside the entrance to Biddeford Pool and the end of the Saco River. The lighthouse is a 47-foot (14 m) conical white tower of granite rubble. The light itself sits 71 feet (22 m) above mean high water.
Lighthouses in Maine by county (9 C) L. Lighthouse museums in Maine (5 P) N. Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine (57 P)
FPPL member docents open the lighthouse for visits from mid-May to mid-October. The lighthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places as 'Pemaquid Point Light' on April 16, 1985, reference number 85000843. On January 11, 2024, the lighthouse's bell house, which dates to the 19th century, was largely destroyed in a storm. [8]