 Most viewed - Point Lookout Lighthouse
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Randy & Chessie987 viewsRandy Younkins poses on the buoy tracks with the Sturgis' Chesapeake Retriever.
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Men on the Point Lookout Wharf986 viewsCloseup view of the men on the wharf. The timeframe of this picture and the men's identity is unknown.
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William Yeatman's Grave Marker983 viewsWilliam Yeatman's Grave Marker. William and his wife Anna Maria Yeatman are buried about 8 miles north of the lighthouse. Photo courtesy of Kathy Handiboe.
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981 viewsThis is a unique built-in cabinet next to a storage closet in the South side of the Lighthouse, and one of the few differences between the north and south sides of the lighthouse. The custom cabinets were built by Keeper Herman Metivier. It has been this coral color since at least 1979.
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980 viewsSouth Side Basement, middle room.
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Anna Maria Lamb Yeatman974 viewsAnna Maria Lamb Yeatman, wife of William Yeatman, Sr. Her name was prounounced so that it rhymed with fire, and the children used to taunt her with spit in the fire Anna Maria. Photo courtesy of Francis Hart.
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967 viewsThe furnace is located in the northwest side basement room. A retaining wall was built around the furnace to protect it from the frequent flooding that occurs at the Point. The rusty old furnace was not old or rusty as recently as 1981, when it was in good working order. Heating a twelve room house required a lot of expensive oil. Residents have reported that the house was pretty warm in the winter due to the 14-inch thick walls. However, the 500 gallon oil tank always needed refilling and was quite expensive during the oil crisis in the early 80's.
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Fresnel Lens Stand967 viewsThis is the actual light housing located up in the tower/cupola. The light was originally operated with oil, until it was electrified in the 1920s, first by a windmill and later by generators and commercial power. Hans Holzer's group visited here and recorded a voice in this area that said: "My Home".
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962 viewsAfter climbing the spiral stairs, you reach a landing which contains this ladder. At the top of the ladder is a hatch which you push open and climb into the Lighthouse Tower. Point Lookout Lighthouse is an integral lighthouse, meaning that the tower is attached to the roof of the lighthouse, as opposed to having a seperate structure.
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Lighthouse from Pier960 viewsPoint Lookout, c. 1909. Photo courtesy of Francis Hart.
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958 viewsA visitor to the Lighthouse reported seeing a woman dressed in a long blue dress at this location (the top of the stairs). The visitor had the impression this was Ann Davis, the first female lighthousekeeper who was alone here for thirty years. One of Hans Holzer's investigators stated that a woman haunted these stairs and this woman had often thought about throwing herself down the staircase. (Note: this staircase did not exist during the time that Ann Davis lived in the lighthouse; the staircase was added as part of the 1927 remodel).
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Tender Mistletoe with Dock Ladder948 viewsThe tender Mistletoe docked at the Point Lookout wharf. The children would jump from the wharf into the water, and use the ladder (Middle left of the picture) to return to the dock.
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