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Keeper's house and light tower, view northeast, northwest and southwest sides - Baker Island Light, Lightkeeper's House, Just east of Cranberry Isles, at entrance to Frenchman Bay, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, ME
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Keeper's house and light tower, view northeast, northwest and southwest sides - Baker Island Light, Lightkeeper's House, Just east of Cranberry Isles, at entrance to Frenchman Bay, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, ME
Description
Gilley, William; Schafer, Jack W, project manager; Edwards, Arthur Lee, H, field team; England, Stephen A, delineator; Roberts, Lennard, delineator; Cheek, Richard, photographer
Depicted place Maine; Hancock County; Bar Harbor
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS ME,5-BAKIS,1-1
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: The first Baker Island Lighthouse began operation in 1828 with William Gilley as lightkeeper. With the election of a Whig president in 1848, Gilley was replaced, and by 1855 the light and the keeper's dwelling had been rebuilt at a cost of $4,963. In 1903 the wooden light tower was reinforced by a 4" brick wall, and in 1958 the light was made automatic, leaving the keeper's house abandoned.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-60
  • Survey number: HABS ME-172
  • Building/structure dates: ca. 1855 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1903 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1958 Subsequent Work
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/me0038.photos.338667p
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