This lighthouse is located near the famed fishing port of Gloucester. To see where that is and where this lighthouse is, click on this. Somewhat surprisingly, it's not directly on the Atlantic Ocean coast.
So now let's have the Lighthouse Directory tell us more.
"1897 (station established 1801). Active; focal plane 45 ft (13.5 m); white flash every 7.5 s (red sector). 41 ft (12.5 m) round cylindrical brick tower with lantern and gallery, attached to a workroom; 190 mm lens (1988). Tower painted white; lantern is black. The historic 1-1/2 story wood keeper's house (1801) is used as Coast Guard housing. Fog horn (2 blasts every 60 s). Stone oil house. The tower is connected to shore by a wooden walkway. ... In 2000 the Coast Guard funded major restoration of the tower, repairing interior ironwork, replacing windows, and repointing the brickwork, which required replacing about 3000 bricks."Below are four pictures. Given that it's in New England and lighthouses are popular there, plenty of artsy photographs of this one are viewable and available online, too.
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