Name/Title
Portrait of James E. HallEntry/Object ID
LH.2022.001.276Description
This is a portrait of Lighthouse Keeper James E. Hall. His portrait is held in a beautiful gold molded frame and features James gazing slightly to his right.
James also serves as the famous ghost of the lighthouse. The story, as told by Jim Mitchell, goes:
WARNING WARNING
GRINDLE POINT LIGHT STATION IS HAUNTED
FOR OVER 30 YEARS BOTH KEEPERS AND VISITORS
HAVE EXPERIENCED PARANORMAL EVENTS.
THE GHOST IS BELIEVED TO BE JAMES E HALL, LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER FROM 1908 TO 1916
ON SEPTEMBER 27, 1916 JAMES WAS KILLED IN A
DYNAMITE BLAST WHILE TRYING TO IMPROVE
THE ROCKY ROAD TO THE LIGHTHOUSE.
IN A BRUTAL ACCIDENT, HE WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF SHRAPNEL
THAT CRUSHED HIS SKULL!
SINCE THEN, A MALE GHOST HAS APPEARED IN THE TOWER AND IS BELIEVED
TO BE JAMES E HALL.