Type:
Year Established:
1854
Existing:
Yes
Download:
IMG_2205adj.jpg (4.79 MB)
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2013
Photo Credit:
Jeremy D'Entremont
LOCATION
Location:
GREENS ISLAND, ENTRANCE TO HURRICANE SOUND
Latitude:
44° 1.5'
Longitude:
68° 51.7'
City / Town:
VINALHAVEN
U.S. State:
Maine
Location County:
KNOX
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Owner / Manager:
Private owner
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Tower Established:
1854
Tower Construction Material:
BRICK
Tower Foundation:
GRANITE BLOCKS
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
92
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
30
Tower Shape:
CYLINDRICAL
Fog Signal Building?:
Yes
Year Fog Signal Building Constructed:
1944
Fog Signal Bldg Construction Materials:
BRICK
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1895
Keeper's Quarters Style:
L-SHAPE (ATTACHED)
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD
Other Structures:
BRICK OIL HOUSE (1903), GENERATOR BUILDING
OPTICS
Current Optic:
300 MM
Original Optic Type:
FIFTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Private Aid:
No
Year Automated:
1982
USCG Access to Optics:
Yes
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jul 20, 2017
In April 1989, an electrical fire broke out in the empty keeper's house. The house was badly damaged. The Coast Guard claimed that an engineering survey showed that it would be impossible to restore the house to its original condition, so they announced plans to raze the building instead.
Preservationists objected, and in November 1993 the Coast Guard agreed to hand over the light station to the Island Institute of Rockland. The institute in turn leased the property to a private party who successfully restored the house. The lighthouse property was eventually sold to the couple responsible for its resoration.
(New England Lighthouses: A Virtual Guide at www.newenglandlighthouses.net)