Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Maine--Whitlock's Mill Light

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WHITLOCK'S MILL LIGHT

State: MAINE
Location: ST. CROIX RIVER SOUTH BANK
Nearest City: CALAIS
County: WASHINGTON
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1909

Photo courtesy St. Croix Historical Society

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1909
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1969
Foundation Materials: DRESSED GRANITE/TIMBER
Construction Materials: BRICK/TILE LINING
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: CYLINDRICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 25
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1906
Present Optic: 250 MM
Year Present Lens Installed: 1969
Height of Focal Plane: 32
Fresnel Lens Disposition: FOURTH ORDER FRESNEL LENS AT SHORE VILLAGE MUSEUM, ROCKLAND, ME
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? YES

Year Constructed: 1910
Construction Materials: WOOD
Architectural Style: PYRAMIDAL TOWER
Fog Signal Type: NONE/ORIG. BELL

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1909
Number of Stories: 1.5
Architectural Style: DUTCH COLONIAL/COTTAGE
Construction Materials: WOOD/STUCCO

Other Structures: OIL HOUSE (1910), STORAGE BUILDING

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: ST. CROIX HISTORICAL SOCIETY (TOWER)/PRIVATE OWNER (DWELLING)

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #87002276
Name of Listing: WHITLOCKS MILL LIGHT STATION
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

HABS/HAER Documentation? YES, ME-209 (MARO)

Miscellaneous:
REPLACED TREE LANTERN IN 1892

Last Modified: Wed, Apr 16 2002 1:42:02 pm EDT
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