Bell in square pyramidal tower Current tower is a replica
Light
Deactivated
1933
Focal height
66 feet (20 m)
Lens
4th order Fresnel lens, then 5th order
Range
13 nautical miles (24 km; 15 mi)
Tenants Harbor Light Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Nearest city
Tenants Harbor, Maine
Area
20 acres (8.1 ha)
Architect
US Army Corps of Engineers
Architectural style
Cape Cod style keeper's residence
MPS
Light Stations of Maine MPS
NRHP reference No.
87002026[1]
Added to NRHP
November 20, 1987
Tenants Harbor Light, also known as Southern Island Light,[2] is a lighthouse at the mouth of Tenants Harbor, St. George, Maine, United States.[3][2] It appears in paintings by Andrew Wyeth and his son Jamie Wyeth, who have owned the lighthouse since 1978.
^"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ abRowlett, Russ (October 9, 2009). "Lighthouses of the United States: Southern Maine". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
^"Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maine". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on May 1, 2017.
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