Also Known As Harding's Beach Lighthouse
My replica of the Stage Harbor Lighthouse
comes with your choice of:

• Cedar Wood Construction for either indoor or outdoor display
• Pine Wood Construction for indoor use only

The base price includes:

• Aluminum exterior light housing
• Brass and Copper railings
• Windows that reflect light
• Standard 40 Watt Bulb, 120 Volt AC incandescent light fixture
• Hand crafted and hand painted detail
• Choice of interior or exterior wiring on Cedar replicas
• Interior wiring with In Line On/Off switch on Pine replicas

Options available for the Stage Harbor Lighthouse are:

• Nightlight 7 Watt Bulb, small base light fixture and lantern lens
• Flashing Beacon Kit and lantern lens
• In Line On/Off switch for interior wiring on Cedar replicas
• Outdoor Photo-electric cell for dusk to dawn operation
• Inside Photo-electric cell for automatic night light operation
• 3 to 21 foot Vinyl Coated Galvanized Steel security cable
• Historical Appearance

My Stage Harbor replica does not include the keeper's house or enclosed connector.

My replica does include a working lantern room which no longer exists on the actual Stage Harbor Lighthouse.

HEIGHT: 25 Inches
WIDTH: 9 Inches
SHAPE: Conical
WEIGHT: 7.5 Pounds
SCALE: 1/24

The Stage Harbor Light Station was authorized in 1876 and by 1880 the 36 foot cast iron plate tower was in service.  Located on Harding Beach, a barrier sand bar at the entrance of Stage Harbor from the Nantucket Sound, the lighthouse served commercial fishermen making the harbor in foul weather or during the “Chatham Fog”, a common summer occurrence where the region becomes fogged in at night.  Similar in construction to numerous lighthouses built in the late 1870’s to 1880’s including four also on Cape Cod: Chatham Twin Lights (the north tower is now at Nauset Beach), Nobska Point and Race Point, the Stage Harbor tower used pre-fabricated cast iron plates assembled on site and lined with brick.  A wooden 2 story keeper’s house was connected to the tower by a short enclosed walkway. The fixed white light visible for 12 nautical miles was provided by a 4th order Fresnel lens until 1933 when the  station was decommissioned and replaced by a skeleton tower just off shore at the entrance of the harbor. The lantern room was removed from the windows up and the tower capped.  The now excess light station was sold into private ownership where it has remained ever since. 

The impeccably kept keeper’s house and headless tower continue to be used as a seasonal residence where the lifestyle remains much as it was when they were in service; devoid of air conditioning, electricity and many other modern conveniences.

October 2006 Issue, Lighthouse Paints, Colors, etc. by Jim Claflin. "Stage Harbor Light Station in Chatham, Mass. was decommissioned before the 1938 change-over and thus never had the trim color changed to green. Today the original family that purchased the property in the 1930’s still lovingly maintains the structure in the original white with red lead color trim." Please go to the Lighthouse Digest Magazine Archives to read this article. Lighthouse Digest magazine not only keeps the history of our lighthouses alive both in print and on line, but it is the best single source to keep current on all aspects of lighthouse preservation, news and events.