Whitlocks Mill Light

Year Built

1892

Cost

$4,041.01

Type

Cylindrical

Height

25 feet

Location

South shore of St. Croix River east of Calais

Automated Year

1969

First Lit

1909 (current tower)

Lens Type

4th order Fresnel lens (original), VLB-44 (2009)

Fog Signal

None

Year Deactivated

Active

Color

White w/black lantern

Last Keeper - Date

R. G. Caravan (1967)

Description

A keeper’s dwelling and brick tower at the station with hip-roofed shed, and a small stone oil house, located about 300 feet from the tower.

Brief History

•  1892, The lighthouse was built to replace lantern strapped to a tree.
•  A hot-water heating plant was added in 1913 at a cost of $375.
•  Originally painted red, the tower received its current white daymark in 1914.
•  Following the light’s automation and the removal of its Fresnel lens to the Maine Lighthouse Museum in Rockland in 1969, the station was deeded to the Washington County Vocational Technical Institute in 1977.
•  The St. Croix Historical Society applied for and was awarded ownership of Whitlocks Mill Lighthouse in 1997.