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Stage Harbor
(Hardings Beach) Lighthouse
Stage Harbor Light, also referred locally as Hardings Beach Light, is the most recently built of the Cape Cod Light Stations. The light was installed in 1880 to compliment Chatham Light.
It helped guide the increasing fishing traffic into Old Stage Harbor during bad weather, especially in thick fog, which occurred quite often in the area.
The first Keeper, Enoch Eldridge, was appointed on June 29, 1880, and stayed until his death in 1884. Some of Stage Harbor’s keepers received commendations for aiding mariners in the harbor.
Keeper Alfred Howard received various commendations for aiding mariners, including aiding a fellow employee, from nearby Monomoy Point Light Saving Station, Walter Harding, when his dory capsized in March of 1913. He also received a commendation from the Secretary of Commerce for successfully coming to the rescue of a horse that had got caught in the marsh and would have perished if not for Howard’s quick thinking and tenacity. Howard would not receive any money for his deed, but his kindness was not forgotten.
Mills Gunderson followed Keeper Howard, received commendations for cleanliness of the station, but in June of 1918, hung himself in a nearby shed, although the reason for this incident could never be explained.
Stanley M. Gunderson, Mills’ son, who had been assistant keeper, replaced his father. He was credited with several rescues near the station, including the passengers of the yacht Golliway in 1929, where the Lighthouse Commissioner praised him for his "timely assistance." Many years later it was discovered that Keeper Stanley Mills, during the Prohibition Era, made extra income for himself by storing and bootlegging liquor, which he kept under the floorboards in the walkway that connected the lighthouse tower with the keeper’s house. One day, a Lighthouse Inspector arrived for a surprise inspection. He noticed some loose floorboards but didn’t investigate any further and simply told Keeper Mills to repair them immediately.
In 1933, to save money, the government removed the lantern and capped the tower, then installed a skeleton tower nearby. When the property was purchased by the Hoyt family, they learned afterwards that the land had been part of a large parcel granted by local Native Americans to an ancestor William Nickerson, who also is known as one of the early founders of Chatham. The lighthouse is still owned by members of the Hoyt family. The property and buildings are still without plumbing, except for a single pump, and has no electricity.