Winter Harbor Light

Year Built

1856

Cost

$4,500

Type

Cylindrical Tower, attached Dwelling

Height

19 feet

Location

Winter Harbor

Automated Year

Not automated

First Lit

1856

Lens Type

Fifth order Fresnel Lens

Fog Signal

None

Year Deactivated

1933

Color

White

Last Keeper - Date

Adelbert C. Leighton (1896-c.1905)

Description

The tower is a round brick structure topped by a lantern house with an iron walkway and railing around it. A brick single-story workroom projects from the tower, and is connected to the house by a shed-roofed wood-frame ell. The keeper's house is a two-story wood-frame structure.

Brief History

•  It was construced in 1856
•  Lighthouse Board records state that following various repairs made in 1867 through 1869.
•  In 1880, the exterior walls of the dwelling were painted with two coats of white paint, and in 1882 “the dwelling was underpinned with stone and brick.”
•  Winter Island Lighthouse was auctioned off in 1934 to George Harmon of Bar Harbor for $552.
•  In 2022, Sofield had Mark Island and its lighthouse placed on the market for $2.3 million.