Point Gammon Lighthouse

Year Built

1816

Cost

$4,000

Type

Conical tower

Height

25 feet

Location

Hyannis Harbor

Automated Year

N/A

First Lit

1816

Lens Type

N/A

Fog Signal

N/A

Year Deactivated

1858

Color

Natural Stone

Last Keeper - Date

John A. Peak (1824 – 1858)

Description

The lighthouse still stands where it has for more than two centuries, but the keeper’s house is long gone.

Brief History

•  The first Keeper was Samuel Peak, whose teenage son John took over after Samuel’s untimely death in 1824.
•  John Peak moved briefly to the new station but served there only a year.
•  In 1882 Great Island was purchased by Charles B. Cory, the ornithologist, for use as a game preserve and bird sanctuary.
•  In 1935 the keeper's house was dismantled and the stone reused to build a small house elsewhere on the island.
•  The tower itself was updated in the 1970s for use as a summer house.