Blue Hill Bay Light

Year Built

1857

Cost

Unknown

Type

Skeleton Tower

Height

21 feet

Location

Green Island in Blue Hill Bay

Automated Year

1935

First Lit

1857

Lens Type

Fourth-order Fresnel lens showing a fixed white light

Fog Signal

None

Year Deactivated

1934 and replaced by an automated light atop a skeletal tower

Color

Square Green Daymark

Last Keeper - Date

Justin A. Foss (1932 – 1934)

Description

It is also known as "Sand Island Light" or “Eggemoggin Light". The original 1857 structure still stands near the current light. It is a white cylindrical tower with an attached keeper's residence.

Brief History

•  The present skeleton structure was built in 1935.
•  Blue Hill Bay Lighthouse was built to help guide the related ship traffic.
•  The cylindrical white tower with attached one-and-a-half story dwelling was built in 1856.
•  A brick oil house was added to the station in 1905.
•  The lighthouse and cottage were purchased, as part of the purchase of Green Island and its associated land, in 2018 by Green Island Lighthouse, LLC.