WayfarrowTenants Harbor Light
Lighthouse · Knox County, Maine
Tenants Harbor Light is a lighthouse in Knox County, Maine. Maine has 70 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow, 15 of them in Knox County.
It was built in 1857, in the Civil War era, making it the 20th oldest of the 61 in Maine with a recorded construction date; the tower stands about 27 feet tall (42nd tallest of 53 measured in Maine); its light sits 66 feet above the water; it was deactivated in 1933; the recorded designer or builder is United States Army Corps of Engineers.
Status check, 2026-11: The original 1857 brick tower was deactivated in the 1930s and sold at auction; Andrew Wyeth bought it in 1978 and it is a private Wyeth family home. Tenants Harbor Light is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 43.9611° N, 69.1848° W.
Key facts
| Current structure built | 1857 |
|---|---|
| Tower height | 27 ft |
| Focal height | 66 ft |
| Deactivated | 1933 |
| Designer / builder | United States Army Corps of Engineers |
| Heritage designation | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
| National Register | Listed |
| Coordinates | 43.96111, -69.18483 |
Nearby places
- Whitehead Lightlighthouse · Knox County · 3.2 mi
- Marshall Point Lightlighthouse · Knox County · 4.9 mi
- Two Bush Island Lightlighthouse · Knox County · 5.5 mi
- Franklin Island Lightlighthouse · Knox County · 10.6 mi
- Rockland Harbor Breakwater Lightlighthouse · Knox County · 11.2 mi
- Owls Head Lightlighthouse · Knox County · 11.5 mi
- Monhegan Island Lightlighthouse · Lincoln County · 15.1 mi
- Indian Island Lightlighthouse · Knox County · 15.4 mi
- Heron Neck Lightlighthouse · Knox County · 16.7 mi
- Pemaquidghost town · Lincoln County · 16.9 mi
- Browns Head Lightlighthouse · Knox County · 17.2 mi
- Curtis Island Lightlighthouse · Knox County · 17.9 mi
Questions
Where is Tenants Harbor Light?
Tenants Harbor Light is in Knox County, Maine, at 43.9611, -69.1848.
How many lighthouses are in Knox County?
Knox County, Maine has 15 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow.
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