Bakers Island

The island also has a store, volunteer fire house, and the Sherman C. Burnham meeting hall which also provides church services.

The island has no public roads, water pipes, sewers, street lights, sidewalks, schools, or municipal buildings.

Originally owned by the Massachusetts Bay Colony, it was granted to the town of Salem in 1660.

[3] While the island is part of Salem, there was no official public access until the light station land was awarded to the Essex National Heritage Commission of Salem in 2005 as part of an excess property declaration by the government in 2002.

The original configuration was twin lights on a single house, first lit on January 3, 1798.

The Coast Guard undertook a $1.6 million lead paint remediation project in 2012 for the lighthouse and five outbuildings.

[4] In 2023 the HGTV television show, Farmhouse Fixer did an episode where they restored the Assistant Keeper's House at the light station.