Type:
Year Established:
1831
Existing:
Yes
Source:
LL-1879
Download:
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2011
Photo Credit:
CANDACE CLIFFORD
Photo Courtesy of:
U.S. Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
ENTRANCE TO POTOMAC RIVER
Latitude:
38° 02.16'
Longitude:
76° 19.22'
City / Town:
SCOTLAND
U.S. State:
Maryland
Location County:
ST. MARY'S
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
Yes
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
1965
Year Tower Established:
1830
Tower Construction Material:
IRON TOWER ON BRICK HOUSE
Tower Foundation:
BRICK
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
37 feet above water
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
30
Tower Shape:
OCTAGONAL ON SQUARE DWELLING
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Year Fog Signal Building Constructed:
1889
Fog Signal Bldg Construction Materials:
WOOD
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1830
Keeper's Quarters Style:
DUPLEX
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
BRICK & WOOD FRAME
Other Structures:
POSSIBLE OIL HOUSE/SMOKEHOUSE (?), BUOY DEPOT STRUCTURES: BUOY SHED C. 1883, COAL SHED, C. 1884
OPTICS
Current Optic:
REMOVED
Original Optic Type:
Reflectors - later FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1857
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jul 20, 2017
Point Lookout Light Station -
Historic Significance: High. The 1883 buoy shed at Point Lookout Light Station represents the only surviving, largely unaltered, building from a buoy depot in Maryland and possibly in the United States. The buoy shed represents one of only a few structures which survive from any lighthouse/buoy depots in the United States. The integral keeper’s quarters and tower is the only extant lighthouse of this type in Maryland (Fishing Battery and Cedar Point are in ruins).
Historic Integrity: High. The buoy shed at Point Lookout Lighthouse is remarkably little changed from as originally built, containing a major percentage of original fabric. The coal shed has been modified several times and what original fabric remains is hidden under newer cement floors, vinyl siding, interior wall paneling, and modern shingled roof. The keeper’s dwelling retains most of its original fabric dating from the 1927-1928 duplex renovation. The interior fabric of the keeper’s quarters and integral tower, dating from the 1927-1928 duplex renovation, is largely intact.