It is located on Ten Pound Island, near the eastern end of the harbor.

The island additionally hosted a federal fish hatchery and a Coast Guard air (seaplane) station; only ruins survive.

[5] The lighthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

Both Winslow Homer and Fitz Henry Lane painted the first tower.

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