Whitehead Light is a lighthouse

Lighthouse

A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire, and used as an aid to navigation for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways....

 on Whitehead Island

Whitehead Island

Whitehead Island is an island in St. George, Knox County, Maine. Whitehead Light was built on the island in 1807. The island is approximately in area and is known for "bleached, rugged granite shores". It is one of the foggiest places on the Maine coast, averaging 80 days of fog a year...

, on Muscle Ridge Channel, in the southwestern entrance to Penobscot Bay

Penobscot Bay

Penobscot Bay originates from the mouth of Maine's Penobscot River. There are many islands in this bay, and on them, some of the country's most well-known summer colonies. The bay served as portal for the one time "lumber capital of the world," namely; the city of Bangor...

, Maine

Maine

Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...

. It is in the town of St.George

St. George, Maine

St. George is a town in Knox County, Maine, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 2,580. It includes the villages of Port Clyde, Clark Island, Glenmere, Martinsville and Tenants Harbor, the latter its commercial center. A favorite with artists, writers and naturalists, St...

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Also known as White Head Island Light, it was first established in 1807. The present structure was designed by Alexander Parris

Alexander Parris

Alexander Parris was a prominent American architect-engineer. Beginning as a housewright, he evolved into an architect whose work transitioned from Federal style architecture to the later Greek Revival. Parris taught Ammi B. Young, and was among the group of architects influential in founding what...

and built in 1852.

Whitehead Light was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Whitehead Light Station on March 14, 1988, reference number 88000154.

In 1996 as part of the Maine Lights Program, Whitehead Light Station became property of Pine Island Camp, a 100+ year old non profit institution in central Maine. Whitehead Light Station keepers house and school house were painstakingly renovated over a 12 year period and are now beautifully restored. The light station offers adult enrichment programs during the summer months and is also available for rent by the week. The house has 7 bedrooms each with its own bathroom, three sitting rooms, a modern kitchen and dining room. The web site whiteheadlightstation.org has current information.

Keepers

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• Ellis Dolph (1804–1807)
• Ebenezer Otis (1813–1816)
• Charles Haskell (1816–1821)
• Samuel Davis (1821–1840)
• William Perry, Jr. (1840–1841 and 1845–1849)
• Joshua Bartlett (1849)
• Dennis Pillsbury (1853)
• Samuel B. Stackpole (1853–1858)
• Albert Thomas, assistant (1854)
• Edwin R. Stackpole (1853–1858)
• Eugene Stackpole, assistant (1857)
• Elisha Snow. Assistant (1857–1859)
• Isaac Sterns (1858–1860)
• Thomas Shoutts, assistant (1859–1860)
• Samuel Ludwig, assistant (1860)
• William Spear (1860–1861)
• William Spear, Jr., assistant (1860–1861)
• Ephraim Quinn (1861–1862)
• William Perry, assistant (1861–1862)
• Archibald McKellar (1862)
• James McKellar, assistant (1862)
• Edward Spaulding (1862–1865)
• E. Cooper Spaulding, assistant (1862–1866)
• Hezekiah Long (1865–1875)
• Horace Norton, assistant (1866–1874)
• Abbie B. Long, assistant (1867–1875)
• Isaac N. Grant (1875–1890)
• Abby B. Grant, assistant (1875–1890)
• Knot Perry, assistant (1876)
• George L. Upton (1890–1892)
• Frank N. Jellison (assistant 1890–1892, keeper 1892–1905)
• Daniel Stevens (1892)
• George Matthews, assistant (1892–1898)
• Joseph W. Jellison, second assistant (1895–1898)
• Walden B. Hodgkins, second assistant (1899–1902)
• Otto A. Wilson, second assistant (1899)
• George S. Connors, second assistant (1899–1902)
• Edward T. Merritt, second assistant (1902–1903)
• Elmer Reed, assistant, then keeper (1902–1912)
• George M. Joyce, second assistant (1903–1905)
• A. Faulkingham, second assistant, then first assistant (1905–1909)
• Stephen F. Flood, first assistant (1905–1907)
• Frank B. Ingalls, second assistant (1907–1909)
• Fairfield H, Moore, first assistant (1909–1911)
• John E. Purrington, second assistant (1909–1911)
• Lester Leighton, second assistant (1911–1913)
• Charles Robinson, assistant (1913–unknown)
• Hervey H, Wass, first assistant (1913–1919)
• Arthur B. Mitchell (1919–1929)
• Arthur Marston (1923–1928)
• Arthur J. Beal (1929–1950)
• Frank Alley, second assistant (1928–194?)
• George Lester Alley, first assistant (1926–194?)
• Clyde Grant (Coast Guard, c. 1950)
• Gordon P. Eaton (Coast Guard, c. 1950–1952)
• Richard (Rick) Ames (Coast Guard, c. 1950)
• Ronald Upton (Coast Guard keeper, 9/1973–5/1974)