 Most viewed - Point Lookout Lighthouse
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Point Lookout by Boat941 viewsPoint Lookout looks like an island. The land around the lighthosue had more vegetation (trees) back in 1979. The turbulent waters at the confluence of the Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River confirm the need for a lighthouse to warn mariners.
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Raymond Hartzel in Uniform940 viewsRaymond Hartzel, taken in the north side living room.
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Laura Hartzel in North Side Kitchen938 viewsMother Laura Hartzel looks at a photo album in the north side kitchen.
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Laura Hartzel with Family935 viewsThe family gathers in the north side kitchen. Pictured at the kitchen table from left to right are: Brother, Donald; Friend, Debbie Fenkner; and Ray.
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Buoy932 viewsBuoy on wharf at Point Lookout. Photo courtesy of Francis Hart.
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Jack Sturgis revisits Basement of his Boyhood931 viewsMany years later, Jack Sturgis visits the basement where he played as a child. Jack and his brothers would swim in the basement when it flooded, unconcerned about the dangers of electricity and other hazards. Jack and his brothers would enter the basement to shovel coal into the coal fired furnace. Jack had many fond memories, including swimming in the basement during noreasters and Hurricane Hazel. The retaining wall (in the foreground) did not exist when the Sturgis family live in the lighthouse, and the coal furnace would have the flame extinguished when the basement flooded. A coal bin was kept to the right of the furnace.
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Aerial View, pre-1927 remodel927 viewsAerial view of the lighthouse, from the south. The front of the picture says "Filed June 28, 1928". However, close inspection of the lighthouse reveals that this picture was taken PRIOR to the remodel in 1927; the summer kitchen/bedroom wing on the Potomac side of the house is visible.
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927 viewsThe interior walls are in bad shape. Some of the damage has been caused by vandals, however, other areas were opened up as part of a structural evaluation prior to the 2002 rennovation. The brick in the old part of the lighthouse is 14" thick.
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Ray and Mary Hartzel921 viewsRay & Mary Hartzel Playing with pet dog in the north side living room, trying to make her bark.
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William Yeatman, Jr (1931-1939)921 viewsThis is a picture of William Yeatman, Jr. from the late 1920s or early 1930s. He was the Assistant Keeper at Point Lookout from 1931 until he retired in 1939. Previously, William Yeatman, Jr. had been the keeper at Point No Point, Drum Point and Piney Point prior to moving back to Point Lookout. He took a volutary demotion to Assistant Keeper in 1931 to return to Point Lookout, most likely because he had previously lived in the lighthouse and wanted to raise his kids there (including Harry Yeatman, 1920-2001). The assignment to Point Lookout most likely did not carry a reduction in salary, but allowed William Jr more family time because most other lighthouses did not have a full time assistant keeper. This photo courtesy of Ted Yeatman, William Yeatman Sr's Great Grandson.
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