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Watch House
It was believed for there to be a watch house at first. -
Nautilus
The house saw the action unwind when the Nautilus exchanged shots with the shore. -
Smallpox Hospital
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Barracks
It was used as a barracks in The War of 1812. -
End of the barracks.
It burned down in the year of 1849. -
Lighthouse
The Lighthouse Board requested funds "to complete the lighting" of Salem Harbor in 1869, and $30,000 was appropriated by Congress on July 15, 1870, for that purpose. -
Temporary Light
There was a temporary light put there. By the following year, a 45-foot- square brick lighthouse and adjacent two-story keeper's house were completed. -
Joseph Henry Herrick Starts
The longest serving keeper at Hospital Point was Joseph Henry Herrick, who served from 1873 to 1917. Herrick was a Beverly native who had worked as a shoemaker in the city, and he was also a veteran of the Civil War. -
Oil House
A brick oil house, built in 1902, also still stands. -
Joseph Henry Herrick Ends
He stopped serving the light house. -
Hospital Point Range Front Light
On May 1, 1927, the lighthouse officially became the Hospital Point Range Front Light. -
Arthur Small
Became keeper in 1939. During World War II, Keeper Small maintained a shore patrol in the area and had to check the lights at Derby Wharf and Fort Pickering in addition to Hospital Point. -
Additions
The keeper’s house still stands, with major additions made in 1941, 1968, and 1986, and much of its original trim removed. -
Altered Dwelling
The keeper's dwelling was altered in 1941 to provide barracks for 20 men. -
Garage
A garage was added to the station in 1942. -
Automation
The lighthouse was automated in 1947, and since then this tidy lighthouse station has been home to the commander of the First Coast Guard District and his or her family. -
Fire
The steeple was the only part of the church to survive a disastrous fire in 1975. -
Lighthouse
Modern day lighthouse
