Type:
Year Established:
1824
Existing:
Yes
Download:
Monhegan ME 2002 by JCC (2) copy.jpg (1.43 MB)
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2002
Photo Credit:
Candace Clifford
Photo Courtesy of:
U.S. Lighthouse Society
LOCATION
Location:
MONHEGAN ISLAND
Latitude:
43° 45.9'
Longitude:
69° 19'
City / Town:
MONHEGAN
U.S. State:
Maine
Location County:
LINCOLN
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Owner / Manager:
Monhegan Historical and Cultural Museum Association
Open to Public:
Yes
STRUCTURE
Year Tower Established:
1850
Tower Construction Material:
GRANITE BLOCKS
Tower Foundation:
SURFACE ROCK
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
178
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
47
Tower Shape:
CYLINDRICAL
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1874
Keeper's Quarters Style:
GOTHIC REVIVAL
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD FRAME
Other Structures:
CISTERN, OIL HOUSE (CIRCA 1893), GARAGE, STORAGE BUILDING, CHICKEN COOP, CATWALK, 1998 REPLICA ASST KEEPERS AND ADJACENT STORAGE SHED (ORIGINALS RAZED 1922)
OPTICS
Current Optic:
VEGA VRB-25, SOLAR POWERED
Original Optic Type:
SECOND ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1856
Private Aid:
No
Year Automated:
1959
USCG Access to Optics:
Yes
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jul 20, 2017
In 1985 the light station property, except for the lighthouse, was transferred to the Monhegan Historical and Cultural Museum Association. Under the Maine Lights Program, the lighthouse itself became the property of the association in 1998. The association has reconstructed the 1857 assistant keeper's house to serve as a museum for their art collection. It is the first time a keeper's house has been reconstructed in Maine.
(New England Lighthouses: A Virtual Guide at www.newenglandlighthouses.net)