Owls Head Light Station was first established by the US Lighthouse Board in 1825. The present tower was built in 1852, stands 30 feet tall, and its light shines 100 feet above sea level. A pyramidal fog bell tower once stood on the point to warn passing vessels when the light was not visible during foggy or stormy weather, and today a modern electronic fog horn has taken the bell’s place. A 4th Order Fresnel Lens, manufactured in France and first installed in 1856, still guides ships with a fixed white light visible for 16 nautical miles. The station was home to many lighthouse keepers and their families over more than a century and a half, including George Woodward, who served from 1945 to 1947, and Archford Haskins, who served from 1947 to 1953. The lighthouse was automated in 1989, ending the service of the last keeper. The present keeper’s house was built in 1854, later housed US Coast Guard personnel stationed in Rockland, and in late 2012 became the headquarters of the nonprofit American Lighthouse Foundation and opened to the public.