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MARSHALL POINT LIGHT

State: MAINE
Location: PORT CLYDE HARBOR ENTRANCE
Nearest City: PORT CLYDE
County: KNOX
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1832

NPS photo by Candace Clifford, 1994

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1857
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1980
Foundation Materials: GRANITE BLOCKS
Construction Materials: GRANITE WITH BRICK ABOVE
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: CYLINDRICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 31
Original Optic: FIFTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1857
Present Optic: 300 MM
Year Present Lens Installed: 1981
Height of Focal Plane: 30
Fresnel Lens Disposition: FIFTH ORDER FRESNEL LENS AT SHORE VILLAGE MUSEUM, ROCKLAND, ME
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date:
Description:
Fate/Disposition:

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO, DISMANTLED

Year Constructed: 1898
Construction Materials: WOOD
Architectural Style: BELL TOWER
Fog Signal Type: HORN

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1895
Number of Stories: 1.5
Architectural Style: COLONIAL REVIVAL
Construction Materials: WOOD

Other Structures: OIL HOUSE (1898), WOODEN CATWALK ATTACHES TOWER TO LAND, REPLICA KITCHEN (1995) HOUSES MUSEUM

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION / MUSEUM

Owner/Manager: TOWN OF ST. GEORGE W/USCG ACCESS TO OPTIC (ANT SOUTHWEST HARBOR)

Open to the Public? YES (Go to Lighthouses to Visit for access information)

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #87002262
Name of Listing: MARSHALL POINT LIGHT STATION
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed:

HABS/HAER Documentation? YES, ME-205 (MARO)

Miscellaneous:
CATWALK FROM LIGHT TOWER TO SHORE WAS ORIGINALLY COVERED

Last Modified: Tue, Apr 16 2002 1:30:02 pm EDT
JMP

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