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Squirrel Point Lighthouse ME Sale Can Proceed #29631 11/23/02 03:13 PM
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Controversy over the sale of a lighthouse in Maine.

Re: Squirrel Point Lighthouse ME Sale Can Proceed #29632 12/01/02 06:50 PM
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From Tim Harrison:

Help stop the sale of Squirrel Point Lighthouse

The U. S. Coast Guard has declined to intervene in the private sale of Maine’s historic Squirrel Point Lighthouse, despite objections from residents and Maine public officials.

A number of years ago, a Congressional Transfer awarded Mike Trenholm of the Squirrel Point Associates the Squirrel Point Lighthouse FREE OF CHARGE. Now he wants to sell it for a profit of $375,000.00.

This would make a mockery out of the Maine Lights Program and the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act and could set a dangerous precedent.

The deed to the property states that the lighthouse was to be restored and opened to the public, something that was never done. In fact, the Maine State Historic Preservation Office sent Trenholm and the Squirrel Point Association a recent letter demanding that he make a series of repairs to the lighthouse by September 2003. Many of these repairs call for changing historically incorrect alterations that Trenholm started a number of years ago and never completed.

We are asking that you send a letter, email or fax to

United States Senator Olympia Snowe
3 Canal Plaza
Suite 601
Portland, Maine 04101

Ph # 207-874-0883

Fax # 207-874-7631

Do not attempt to e-mail Senator Snowe, our past experience has proven that either she does not read emails or only responds to them with form letters, if she even bothers to reply at all. To be effective do not contact her Washington DC office, instead contact her Maine office as shown above.

Also contact . . .

William G. Myers III
Solicitor of the Department of the Interior
1849 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20240

Ph # 202-208-4423

E-Mail- Bill_Myers@ios.doi.gov

In your communication tell them . . .

The terms of the deed of the Congressionally transferred Squirrel Point Lighthouse in Maine have been severally violated, as proven by a recent investigation by the Maine State Historic Preservation Officer, and now the so called non profit Squirrel Point Association is attempting to sell for $375,000 an historic lighthouse that was given to them for free.

If this sale is allowed to take place it will not only set a dangerous precedent, but will make a mockery out of the Maine Lights Program and the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act.

As a concerned citizen, I feel the United States Government should revoke the deed on the Congressionally Transferred property of Squirrel Point Lighthouse and transfer the lighthouse to GSA for disposal under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act so that a qualified non-profit can obtain ownership.

We would also suggest that you contact your own federal state senator. If you do not know who the federal senators are from your state go to www.senate.gov/ and type in the name of your state and it will give you the contact information for your senator.

Only through your help can we make a difference. Please act today.

Tim Harrison

President

American Lighthouse Foundation

P. O. Box 889

Wells, ME 04090

Ph # 207-646-0245


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