Browns Head Light Station

Browns Head, Vinalhaven, Maine. County/parish: Knox.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 27, 1983. NRIS 83000460.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Browns Head Light

Browns Head Light is a lighthouse in Vinalhaven, Maine. Established in 1832, it is an active aid to navigation, marking the southern side of the western entrance to the Fox Island Thoroughfare, a busy strait separating Vinalhaven Island from North Haven. The present lighthouse was built in 1857; and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as "Browns Head Light Station" on January 27, 1983.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/88686448

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