Hendricks Head, Southport Island, West Southport, Maine. County/parish: Lincoln.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 20, 1987. NRIS 87002024.
Part of Light Stations of Maine MPS (NRIS 64500264).
2 contributing buildings. 1 contributing structure.
Hendricks Head Light is a lighthouse in Southport, Maine marking the west side of the mouth of the Sheepscot River. The light station was established in 1829, and its present structures date to 1875. It was deactivated in 1933, but relit in 1951. The two-story wood keeper's house is now a private summer residence. The light is on continuously, showing white to the west and red to the east. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Hendricks Head Light Station on November 20, 1987.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/88684998