American Lighthouse Foundation, Rockland

#13 among attractions in Rockland

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The American Lighthouse Foundation is a 501 non-profit organization founded in 1994 with a primary mission of lighthouse preservation. ALF's main office and storefront are headquartered in Rockland, Maine, and the organization currently has thirteen chapters that have stewardship responsibility over the following twenty-two lighthouses in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island: ()

Coordinates: 44°6'21"N, 69°6'34"W

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American Lighthouse Foundation – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Rockland Residential Historic District, Farnsworth Art Museum, Maine Lighthouse Museum, American Eagle.

~1410 ftW
Park, Italianate architecture, Greek Revival architecture
Rockland Residential Historic District, Rockland
7 min walk • The Rockland Residential Historic District encompasses a predominantly residential area west of the downtown of Rockland, Maine.
~1050 ftS
Museum, Historical place, Art museum
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland
6 min walk • The Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine, United States, is an art museum that specializes in American art.
~1380 ftS
44°6'8"N • 69°6'28"W
Maine Lighthouse Museum, Rockland
7 min walk • Museum, Specialty museum, Lighthouse
0.5 miNE
Ship
American Eagle, Rockland
13 min walk • The American Eagle, originally Andrew and Rosalie, is a two-masted schooner serving the tourist trade out of Rockland, Maine. Launched in 1930 at Gloucester, Massachusetts, she was the last auxiliary schooner to be built in that port, and one of Gloucester's last sail-powered fishing vessels.
~1060 ftS
Cinema, Concerts and shows, Theater
Strand Theatre, Rockland
6 min walk • The Strand Theatre is a historic performing arts venue at 345 Main Street in downtown Rockland, Maine. Built in 1923 in the wake of a fire that destroyed part of the downtown, it is a rare example of Egyptian Revival architecture, and the only one of three theaters built in Rockland in that period to survive.
~650 ftE
Ship
Stephen Taber, Rockland
4 min walk • Stephen Taber is a two-masted schooner, built in 1871, operating as a "windjammer" in the tourist trade out of Rockland, Maine.
~1170 ftN
Ship
Isaac H. Evans, Rockland
6 min walk • Isaac H. Evans, originally Boyd N. Sheppard, is a two-masted schooner berthed in Rockland, Maine. She is a Maine windjammer, serving the tourist trade.
~1010 ftSE
44°6'12"N • 69°6'28"W
Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland
5 min walk • Museum, Art museum
0.8 miS
44°5'39"N • 69°6'17"W
The Coastal Children's Museum, Rockland
22 min walk • Museum, Children's museum, Science museum
~1050 ftS
Museum, History museum, Greek Revival architecture
Farnsworth Homestead, Rockland
6 min walk • The Farnsworth Homestead is a historic house museum at 21 Elm Street in Rockland, Maine. Built in 1854 by William A. Farnsworth, it is an excellent late example of Greek Revival architecture, and was the home of Lucy Farnsworth, the major benefactor of the Farnsworth Art Museum, which owns the house and operates it as a museum property.
~960 ftNE
Ship
J. & E. Riggin, Rockland
5 min walk • The schooner J. & E. Riggin, a National Historic Landmark, was built on the Maurice River in Dorchester, New Jersey in 1927. She is one of a small number of surviving two-masted schooners, once one of the most common sailing ships in North American waters.

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Which popular attractions are close to American Lighthouse Foundation?

Nearby attractions include Rockland Public Library, Rockland (3 min walk), Stephen Taber, Rockland (4 min walk), J. & E. Riggin, Rockland (5 min walk), Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland (5 min walk).