"Maine Coast Light Station"-Portland, ME

Portland Head Light is the oldest and most well-known light station of the famous Maine Lighthouses, located 5 miles from downtown Portland.  The light station sits on a head of land at the entrance of the primary shipping channel into Portland Harbor, which is within Casco Bay in the Gulf of Maine.

It was built in the late 18^th century under President George Washington, and it was completed in 1791, when Maine was still part of Massachusetts. It was built of rubblestone from surrounding fields, with the current Keepers Quarters added in 1891.  The station has changed little except for the rebuilding of the whistle house in 1975 due to storm damage.

The light station is located within Fort Williams Park, open year-round, which provides a number of viewing and photography perspectives from sunrise to sunset.