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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.
The lighthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Penfield Reef Lighthouse in 1990. [ 1 ] [ 12 ] In 2015, the Coast Guard executed a substantial rehabilitation project at the lighthouse, designed by architect Marsha Levy of the Coast Guard's Civil Engineering Unit Providence, to address the damage from Hurricane Sandy.
In 2022, the General Services Administration announced that the lighthouse was put up for auction with a minimum bidding price of $15,000. [2] [6] Will Powell a GSA spokesman, explained the difficulties of auctioning off the property to include no docking facility for boats, as well as no water, sewage, electricity or gas. [6]
In March 2022, Friends of the Chicago Harbor Lighthouse (FOCHL), a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit charity was formed with the mission to preserve, restore and celebrate the Chicago Harbor Lighthouse. In December of 2023, FOCHL submitted an application to the National Park Service for transfer of ownership of the lighthouse from the City of Chicago to ...
• According to the GSA Auctions website, eight bidders made offers on the site, with bids beginning at $20,000. The first bid was placed on Aug. 29. The final, winning bid was placed on Oct. 11.
The state of Colorado has only one lighthouse, the Dillon Reservoir Lighthouse, also known as the Lake Dillon Lighthouse. It is located in the Dillon Reservoir (also referred to as Lake Dillon) in Summit County, Colorado. Although the exact completion date of the 26-foot tall tower is unknown, it was constructed along with the reservoir itself ...
This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Minnesota as identified by the United States Coast Guard.There are five active lights in the state; one light is inactive but has been converted to a museum, and one is in ruins.