Whaleback Ledge Light to be Excessed
By Sue Clark on Jul 14, 2007 in Lighthouses For Sale 
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Whaleback Ledge Lighthouse, offshore of Kittery, Maine is being excessed by the Coast Guard. Currently it is leased for maintenance to the American Lighthouse Foundation, but Tim Harrison, ALF President, states the ALF cannot take on the lighthouse due to lack of funding.
“It’s surely a(n) historic building, but as much as we say we’d like to save every lighthouse, we can’t because we’re a nonprofit,” he said. “We don’t get government funding and are only funded through donations and we’re at a point in history where it’s difficult for a nonprofit to maintain a lighthouse on the water without help from outside agencies.”
If no other non-profit or municipal organization steps up to the plate, it will be put up for auction by the General Services Administration.
Whaleback Ledge is located about two miles offshore from Kittery Point, and was first lit in 1872. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Interested non-profits and municipal entities have until August 17 to get their letter of interest to GSA.
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