Type:
Year Established:
1841
Existing:
No
Source:
Article in the Portland Press Herald at www.pressherald.com/2014/08/07/portlands-house-island-nominated-as-historic-preservation-district/ and clipping file in the National Archives.
LOCATION
City / Town:
Portland
U.S. State:
Maine
Country:
United States
STRUCTURES
Depot Type:
Buoy Storage
Year Discontinued:
1889
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Oct 23, 2017
House Island is near Portland Harbor’s entrance, between Fort Gorges and Cushing Island. It has been home to a military installation (Fort Scammel), an immigrant quarantine center, a fish processing plant, and a lobster pound/restaurant. It also was the site of a storehouse and wharf used by the lighthouse service from 1841 to 1889.