Hockamock Head, Swans Island, Maine. County/parish: Hancock.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 21, 1988. NRIS 87002272.
Part of Light Stations of Maine MPS (NRIS 64500264).
3 contributing buildings. 1 contributing structure.
The Burnt Coat Harbor Light Station is a lighthouse on Swan's Island, Maine. It is located on Hockamock Head, at the entrance to Burnt Coat Harbor and at the end of Harbor Road. Burnt Coat Harbor Light Station is also sometimes referred to as the Swan’s Island Lighthouse. Hockamock Head is a peninsula extending south from the center of the island, dividing the island's main harbor from Toothacker Bay. The light marks the entrance to Burnt Coat Harbor. It was built in 1872, and is a well-preserved 19th-century light station. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/88684903