Piney Point Lighthouse

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=50 BGCOLOR="#333366" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Piney Point Lighthouse</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=165 BGCOLOR="#993300" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="132" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 35 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id111.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Great Blue Heron"><U><B><IMG SRC="007151d0.gif" border=0 width="21" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id112.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="St. Marks Lighthouse"><U><B><IMG SRC="008151d0.gif" border=0 width="21" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="20"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="35" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="20" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" 11 x 14 Pen Ink"><U><B><IMG SRC="00d0d1d0.gif" border=0 width="13" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="27"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" 11 x 14 Pen Ink"><U><B>Return to 11" x 14" pen and ink page</B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=430 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div>   <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT>           </div> <div> <B>The construction of a lighthouse 14 miles up the Potomac River at Piney Point, Maryland was authorized by Congress in March of 1835.  The contract was awarded to John Donahoo and completed in 1836.  The short conical lighthouse is a scant 35 feet tall.  Made  of masonry, this lighthouse was one of several built by Donahoo on the Chesapeake Bay including somewhat similar masonry structures at Concord Point, Turkey Point, Pooles Island, and Cove Point.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The Piney Point Lighthouse is the oldest of the eleven that originally guided ships up and down the Potomac.  Only three of these eleven remain today, the others being Fort Washington and Jones Point.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The U. S. Coast Guard decommissioned Piney Point Lighthouse in 1964 but retained possession of the property until it was transferred to St. Mary’s County in 1980.  Restoration is continuing and the Lighthouse, including a museum shop, is open to the public on Sunday.  </B></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>