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The Midcoast Maine Lighthouse Challenge Climb the lights and let your takes place in the center of Maine’s rocky MIDCOAST MAINE imagination take flight… coast between Damariscotta and Castine. LIGHTHOUSE CHALLENGE June 27th & 28th, 2015 Pemaquid Point Light Owls Head Light The panoramic views from atop a lighthouse are as breathtakingly beautiful as they are timeless. Nowhere else along the Maine coast will you The Midcoast Maine Lighthouse better experience the wonderment of the sea Challenge is a free event hosted than from inside the lantern of a lighthouse. by the American Lighthouse Foundation and its chapter, Friends From pristine islands and windjammers to of Rockland Harbor Lights. working lobster boats and seabirds, lighthouses give your imagination a chance to take flight as For more information visit: you admire the unchanging sea and the rich traditions that call it home. www.lighthousefoundation.org American Lighthouse Foundation If this sounds appealing, then we have just the PO Box 565 event for YOU! Rockland, ME 04841 Dyce Head Light Ph: (207) 594-4174 E-mail: Fort Point Light Grindle Point Light [email protected] Marshall Point Light Lead Sponsor: Lighthouse photography by Bob Trapani The 2015 Midcoast Maine Lighthouse Challenge, Special Evening Program! sponsored by the American Lighthouse Complete the Challenge and be entered Foundation (ALF) and its chapter, Friends of into a drawing to win a luxurious two– Rockland Harbor Lights, offers participants a night stay at one of the three Historic one-of-a-kind opportunity to visit and climb Inns of Rockland...Details online & in your some of the area’s most beloved beacons of the sea challenge booklet! during one weekend in June. For two days only on June 27 & 28, 2015, don’t miss out on the chance to experience these alluring lighthouses (event hours are 9am -5pm): Dyce Head, Fort Point, Grindle Point, Rockland Breakwater, Owls Head, Marshall Point Lighthouse Interpretive Center inside the and Pemaquid Point. Rockland Breakwater Light Keeper’s House at Owls Head Light Station, the Maine Lighthouse Museum and Camden While you’re driving to Harbor Cruises, who will be offering special Join us for the premiere of “Living at the each of the lighthouses, boat tours to view Curtis Island & Indian Light: A History of the Owls Head Lighthouse” be sure to stop and Island Lighthouses. a documentary on Owls Head Lighthouse enjoy a number of by videographer Craig Mathieson on fascinating “bonus” Visiting lighthouses may be the big show, Friday, June 26th at the Samoset Resort sites or exhibits but we have some fun extras mixed in for (220 Warrenton St, Rockport, ME 04856). along the way that will enrich YOUR maritime you too, and it all helps support lighthouse experience. These sites or exhibits include: ALF’s preservation! This brand-new documentary, which skillfully blends the history, beauty, romance and mystery that embodies Owls Head Light Station, will begin at 7:00 pm. In addition, the evening event will include a silent auction filled with great items and light refreshments. There is a $5 suggested donation that will benefit ALF/ FRHL’s lighthouse preservation mission..

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Received Dec 71987
NPS Form 10*00 OMB Mo. f 02440I« (ftov. M8) United States Department of the Interior RECEIVED National Park Service DEC 71987, NATIONAL REGISTER This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations of eligibility for individual properties or districts. See instructions in Guidelines tor Completing National Register Forms (National Register Bulletin 16). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or by entering the requested information, tf an item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, styles, materials, and areas of significance, enter only the categories and subcategories listed in the instructions. For additional space use continuation sheets (Form I0-90pa). Type al entries. 1. Name of Property historic name Fort Point Liqht Station other names/site number 2. Location street & number Fort Point Road N/ '1i. not for publication city, town Stockton Springs , 3L vicinity state Maine code ME county Waldo code 027 zip code 04981 3. Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property private building(s) Contributing public-local X district 3___ public-State site X public-Federal structure 1 object 4 Name of related multiple property listing: Number of contributing resources previously Liqht Stations of Maine listed in the National Register _Q______ 4. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, I hereby certify that this 0 nomination ED request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60.
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