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SmartMoney.com reports on the U.S. government's fire sale of underutilized properties. Sure, some of the real estate is run down, but to compensate, the minimum bids in some markets were just lowered.
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.
U.S. Light House Service Stop Watch (ca. 1931) – specially manufactured by the Gallet Watch Company for USLHS use.. The United States Lighthouse Service, also known as the Bureau of Lighthouses, was the agency of the United States Government and the general lighthouse authority for the United States from the time of its creation in 1910 as the successor of the United States Lighthouse Board ...
The lighthouse was then listed for sale again by the GSA in 2016. 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 ...
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.
Linoma Lighthouse is located on a privately owned recreation area which was developed around an artificial lake, while Lake Minatare Lighthouse was "built to simulate a lighthouse". Also of note is a faux lighthouse called Rock Garden Lighthouse (not listed below), located in Kearney .
"Vacant South Buffalo Lighthouse is for sale: 105-year-old structure being marketed first to local organizations," By Sharon Linstedt, The Buffalo News, August 26, 2008; Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society website "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: New York". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
The National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000 allows lighthouses to be transferred at no cost to federal agencies, state and local governments, nonprofits, educational agencies, and community development organizations so long as they comply with the conditions standards and can financially care for the lighthouse.