Hospital Point

  • Watch house was located there

  • Watch house located there

  • Earthwork fort

  • Earthwork fort

  • Hospital for smallpox

    Hospital for smallpox
  • Hospital was used for barracks

  • Hospital burned down

  • Lighthouse board requests funds for "lighting of Salem harbor"

  • $30,000 is granted for construction

  • Temporary light put in place

  • 45 square ft lighthouse and keepers house completed

  • Period: to

    Joseph Henry Herrick served as light house keeper

  • Brick oil house built at Hospital point

  • A rear range light was placed in the steeple of the First Baptist Church

  • Officially became Hospital Point Range Front Light

  • Arthur Small became keeper

  • Major additions to keepers house

    Major additions to keepers house
  • Keepers dwelling was altered to provide barracks for 20 men

  • A garage was added to the station

  • Admiral William B. Ellis and his wife Dorcas lived at the lighthouse

  • Major additions to keepers house

  • Rear range light burned down in fire

  • Major additions to keepers house

    Major additions to keepers house