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Race Point Light Station

A Glimpse of Life at Race Point Light

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: May 11, 2020

The following excerpted letter was written by Frances Hallett, wife of Race Point Light Station keeper Osborne Earle Hallett (1945-1955). The letter was published in the December 1952 edition of the Maine Coast Fisherman. “Will write a few lines. There really hasn’t been too much to write about. Well, summer has gone, and things are […]

Filed Under: Lighthouse History, Race Point Lighthouse Tagged With: cape cod, francis hallett, keeper, light station, lighthouse, maine coast fishermen, osborne hallett, provincetown, race point

Race Point Lighthouse

Letter Written by Keeper’s Wife at Race Point Light

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: October 5, 2019

The following letter was written by Frances Hallett, wife of Race Point Light Station keeper Osborne Earle Hallett (1945-1955). The letter was published in the September 1952 edition of the Maine Coast Fisherman. P’Town Light Joins Up Race Point Light, Provincetown – “We enjoy reading MCF Magazine,” says Mrs. Osborne Hallett, “especially the doings at […]

Filed Under: Lighthouse History, Race Point Lighthouse Tagged With: cape cod, frances hallett, keeper, light station, lighthouse, maine coast fishermen, osborne hallett, provincetown, race point

ALF Cape Cod Chapter Len Hadley Volunteer Awardees

Cape Cod Chapter’s John and Joanne Clevenger Presented with an ALF Volunteer Award

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: May 4, 2019

John and Joanne Clevenger of ALF’s Cape Cod Chapter was presented with an ALF Len Hadley Volunteer Award during the American Lighthouse Foundation’s annual Lighthouse Gala, which was held at the Nonantum Resort in Kennebunkport, Maine, on April 28, 2019. During the summer of 2007, John and Joanne Clevenger stayed at Race Point Light Station […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Race Point Lighthouse Tagged With: 2019, american lighthouse foundation, award, cape cod chapter, joanne clevenger, john clevenger, len hadley, lighthouse, race point, volunteer

Race Point Light Station

Race Point Open House 2018

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: May 20, 2018

On May 20, 2018, from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, the Cape Cod Chapter of the American Lighthouse Foundation will offer complimentary tours of Race Point Light Station, which is located two miles out over the glistening sand dunes of the Cape Cod National Seashore, near Provincetown. The entire Light Station will be open during […]

Tagged With: cape cod, cape cod national seashore, climb, event, lighthouse, lighthouse tour, race point, race point lighthouse

Race Point Light

Cape Cod Chapter’s Ron Hewins Presented with an ALF Volunteer Award

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: April 30, 2018

Ron Hewins of ALF’s Cape Cod Chapter was presented with an ALF Len Hadley Volunteer Award during the American Lighthouse Foundation’s annual Lighthouse Gala, which was held at the Nonantum Resort in Kennebunkport, Maine, on April 29, 2018. ALF’s Cape Cod Chapter operates one of the finest overnight stay programs in the nation at Race […]

Filed Under: ALF News, Race Point Lighthouse Tagged With: 2018, american lighthouse foundation, award, cape cod chapter, gary childs, len hadley, Nonatum Resort, race point, ron hewins, volunteer

A False Beacon at Race Point Light

By: American Lighthouse Foundation Published: March 9, 2018

Newspaper Articles from the Past… Throughout the history of lighthouses, there are those occasions when mariners mistook a guiding light for another in the vicinity – a mistake that almost always resulted in a shipwreck. There were also times – though much rarer, when either light station equipment malfunctioned or dereliction of duty by the […]

Filed Under: Lighthouse History, Race Point Lighthouse Tagged With: 1845, cape cod, captain ames, light, lighthouse, mistaken light, race point, saluda, shipwreck, station

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