[2][3] First lit in 1873, the range marks the first leg of the maintained Craighill Channel from the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Patapsco River into the Baltimore harbor and works in conjunction with the Craighill Channel Lower Range Rear Light.

It was owned by non-profit organization Historical Place Preservation, Inc. from 2005 until the government took back the property in 2017 due to neglect.

The fog signal was a number 4 Typhone Horn with an eight-inch-diameter whistle, which gave a three-second blast every 27 seconds.

A backup Gamewell weight-driven clock mechanism produced a double strike every 30 seconds.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002 as Craighill Channel Lower Range Front Light Station, reference number 02001420.

[2] The National Register of Historic Places name is Craighill Channel Lower Range Front Light Station.