We have launched a GoFundMe page to help raise funds for the rebuilding of the footbridge at Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse. The old footbridge was destroyed in a storm in December 2022.

Until the footbridge is rebuilt, there can be no access for volunteers or the public. FPHL provided guided tours for more than 50,000 visitors from 2001 to 2022, and we resume to resume tours as soon as the new footbridge is built. The project will cost about $100,000.

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Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses has announced a capital campaign to raise $100,000 over the next 12 months to fund critical repairs to the historic Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse including the footbridge for public access.

By: Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director Published: December 2, 2024

From a perennial perspective, oil houses were the smallest structures established at historic light stations. Despite their one-time importance, these little buildings are often overlooked by the public when observed amid the light station collective. Understand…

On June 27, 2024, representatives from the American Lighthouse Foundation and its local chapter – Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses, met with Duncan Mellor, PE, Principal Coastal Engineer for Civilworks New England / Haight Engineering, LLC, at Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse.

Duncan Mellor and the group examined the storm-damaged base of the lighthouse. The site assessment included the scoured-out area underneath the lighthouse on the south side.

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Two recent January storms caused extensive damage to the base of the historic Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse and an adjacent 1903 oil house.

The storms hit almost back to back on Jan. 10 and Jan. 13 and threw around huge slabs of the lighthouse’s base — which dates back to 1804 — like they were “grains of sand,” according to Jeremy D’Entremont, a longtime member of Friends of the Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse. He has volunteered fo…

In the storm of January 12-13, the third of three storms in one week, there was significant damage at Portsmouth Harbor Light Station. The base of the lighthouse was severely impacted, as was the 1903 oil house. The storm also knocked down a sea wall adjacent to the old wall of Fort Constitution. We are assessing the damage and looking at our options. We will post more information when we can. We’re not alone — the recent storms damaged at least a dozen lighthouses al…