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Ten lighthouses that for generations have stood like sentinels along America's shorelines protecting mariners from peril and guiding them to safety are being given away at no cost or sold at ...
The General Services Administration plans to sell four lighthouses through public auctions and give away six others. $10,000 could land you that lighthouse you've always wanted Skip to main content
A 2016 proposal to use the lighthouse as a columbarium failed, and the lighthouse was returned to the Coast Guard. The roof was damaged in 2018, while transfer of the property was undecided. In 2021, the US Government listed the lighthouse for sale again on the GSA website. In May 2023, the GSA again listed the lighthouse for sale. [13]
Cleveland West Pierhead Light, sometimes called Cleveland Harbor West Pierhead Light, is a lighthouse in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It is on the National Register of Historic Places. [1] [2] In 2023, the United States General Services Administration announced that the lighthouse would be sold by auction.
The National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000 (NHLPA; Public Law 106-355; 16 U.S.C. 470w-7) is American legislation creating a process for the transfer of federally owned lighthouses into private hands. It was created as an extension of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966.
The R.I. Secretary of State website shows that Belaying Pin LLC was registered on Oct. 30, 2023, with an address of 3500 Thayer Court, Aurora, Illinois. Property Details The 5,085 square feet ...
The structure was officially turned over to the U.S. Lighthouse Society in June 2009, but the light remains active. Located in the northeast corner of a U.S. Navy "danger zone", overnight occupation of the lighthouse is prohibited, per agreement between the GSA and the U.S. Navy's Naval Air Systems Command. [6]
The first lighthouse in the Dry Tortugas was on Garden Key, and became operational in 1826. [7] After several proposals for a new lighthouse on the "outer shoals" of the Dry Tortugas, a new lighthouse was built on Loggerhead Key and completed in 1858 at a cost of US$35,000 ($1.23 million in 2023), which was the amount that had been projected to ...