Lemuel Moody (June 30, 1767-August 11, 1846) was an American shipping company owner from Portland, Maine, United States. He is most known as the builder of the Portland Observatory, an 86-foot (26 m) tall observatory (7 stories) is octagonal maritime signal tower atop Munjoy Hill in Portland. [1] He was buried at Eastern Cemetery on August 12, 1846.
Lemuel Moody was one of 10 children born to Enoch Moody and Ann Weeks Moody. His father died when he was 10 years old.