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Originally Posted by rkwasson
The Inside of the lighthouse is not safe, as it has not been kept up with, so no one was allowed to go inside to take any photos.
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This news is very distressing. Spindle Point, though not registered as one, is one of Lake Winnipesaukee's historical landmarks! Do you know the owners?
(BTW, you have a nice website.)
Lake Winnipesaukee, by Bruce Heald confirms what video tours NE stated.
The Spindle Point lighthouse was constructed by Colonel Charles Cumming for his daughter as an art studio.
Excerpt from the book:
The origin of Spindle Point can be traced to a 500-acre farm owned by John Eaton and later sold to his son, John Morton Eaton in 1847 for $600. In 1901, John Morton Eaton sold the land for $3,000 to Colonel Charles Cummings, who was a 33-degree Mason. Colonel Cumming intended to leave the Spindle Point Farm to the New Hampshire Grand Lodge of Masons for a Masonic home and retreat; however the cost and maintenance of such a project was far too excessive for the fraternity, thus the land was sold to developers.
Colonel Charles H. Cummings, who lived on Spindle point, passed away on January 20, 1920.
The when the
Lady of the Lake was dismantled, her figurehead, which adorned her prow, a lady with a paddle in hand, was removed and placed atop the boathouse of Colonel Charles H. Cummings on Spindle Point. In recent years it was removed. She resides at the Tuck Library in Concord. The Lady of the Lake was dismantled in 1895. Did the Colonel have possession of the figurehead for six years prior to the purchase of the farm?
This
website states the tower it was established in 1892.
Useless tidbit of information:
The observatory is such a part of the lake that someone on the point hired an artist to paint a scene on a panel with the view of Spindle Point for use in entertainment center.