Town – Tenants Harbor, Maine
Geographic Location – Eastern side of Whitehead Island
Longitude & Latitude - 43º 58' 47.3" N - 69º 07' 30" W
Station Established - Commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson in 1803 and established in 1804
Present Lighthouse Built – 1852
Original Optic – 1857 – Third-order Fresnel Lens
Other Buildings - 1891 keeper's house, 1891 oil house, 1888 fog signal building. boathouse with launchway, schoolhouse, granite wharf, tractor garage (former fire pump house)
Height of Tower – 41’
Height of Focal Plane – 75’
Disposition – Active – maintained and operated by the U.S. Coast Guard - owned by Pine Island Camp
Automated - 1982
NRHP - 88000154
Keeper History:
1875 Ellis Dolph
Isaac Grant
1902-1919 Elmer Staples Reed (1873-)
