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Point Lookout Lighthouse from the end of the Buoy Tracks154 viewsA lone buoy sits on the wharf. To the left of the lighthouse is the original fog bell, which was made ineffective by the adjacent buoy repair and coal sheds, and would later be replaced by a tower at the end of the coal shed.
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Buoy Tracks 1950s149 viewsA view of the lighthouse, buoy repair shed and coal shed from the 1950s. The tracks on the wharf were used to transport buoys from ships to the repair shed and back.
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Buoy Repair Shed- Closeup129 viewsLooking east toward the lighthouse and sheds. This picture is most likely from the 1940's or 1950's. This is a closeup view of the (unknown) people on the wharf.
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Lighthouse Complex from the Wharf137 viewsLooking east toward the lighthouse and sheds. This picture is most likely from the 1940's or 1950's.
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Lighthouse Complex143 viewsView of the lighthouse complex from the Potomac River side wharf.
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Lighthouse Complex from Point Lookout Sandbar173 viewsFrom the sandbar on the Chesapeake Bay side, looking north toward the sheds and lighthouse.
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View from Potomac River Wharf150 viewsView from the wharf, looking east to the lighthouse. Notice the sign in the middle left of the image- it says "Handsome casino to be built here".
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151 viewsView from the wharf, looking east to the lighthouse. Notice the sign in the middle left of the image. The picture has various captions on the back including Filed May 7, 1928; taken Feb. 1928 W.J. Taylor; "LOOKING EAST".
The back of the picture also has a date of 2-1-52 Point Lookout MD. Depot Photographer Carter (SN) U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C.
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Men on the Point Lookout Wharf146 viewsCloseup view of the men on the wharf. The timeframe of this picture and the men's identity is unknown.
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Aerial View (closeup), pre-1927 remodel176 viewsAerial view closeup of the lighthouse, from the south. However, close inspection of the lighthouse reveals that this picture was taken PRIOR to the remodel in 1927; the summer kitchen/bedroom wing on the Potomac side of the house is visible. Also notice the two chimneys on opposite ends of what is the present day first floor living rooms. A building exists in the upper right hand corner of the picture.
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Lighthouse Complex from the Wharf, after 1927 remodel144 viewsView of the lighthouse from the Potomac River. Notice the men on the wharf.
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Aerial View, pre-1927 remodel186 viewsAerial view of the lighthouse, from the south. The front of the picture says "Filed June 28, 1928". However, close inspection of the lighthouse reveals that this picture was taken PRIOR to the remodel in 1927; the summer kitchen/bedroom wing on the Potomac side of the house is visible.
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