Goat Island is a 7.7-acre stretch of treeless land off Cape Porpoise. It houses a lighthouse where the US Army Corps of Engineers designed the current brick tower in 1859. The circular structure features a single window and a small workroom with two doors that projects from the tower.
The lantern sits 25 feet above the ground, protected by a metal walkway and railing. For a long time, a covered walkway connected the tower to the keeper's house. The keeper's house is an L-shaped wood-frame building that originally had board-and-batten siding, later replaced by clapboard. Its roof is pierced by dormers, which were a later alteration.
To the west, a 1905 boathouse stands at the end of the island, with a small brick oil house located between it and the tower. The station was automated by the United States Coast Guard in 1990 and remains active today. The buildings are currently leased to the Kennebunkport Conservation Trust, and the island is closed to the public except by special arrangement.
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Written by Kyle McLonely
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