Browns Head, Vinalhaven, Maine. County/parish: Knox.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 27, 1983. NRIS 83000460.
1 contributing building.
Browns Head Light is a lighthouse in Vinalhaven, Maine. Established in 1832, it is an active aid to navigation, marking the southern side of the western entrance to the Fox Island Thoroughfare, a busy strait separating Vinalhaven Island from North Haven. The present lighthouse was built in 1857; and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as "Browns Head Light Station" on January 27, 1983.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/88686448