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After the Coast Guard decommissioned the Key West Light in 1969, it was turned over to Monroe County, which in turn leased it to the Key West Arts and Historical Society. The society operates the lighthouse and its associated buildings as the Key West Light House and Keeper's Quarters Museum.
Sand Key Light is a lighthouse 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) southwest of Key West, Florida, between Sand Key Channel and Rock Key Channel, two of the channels into Key West, on a reef intermittently covered by sand. [2] [3] [4] At times the key has been substantial enough to have trees, and in 1900 nine to twelve thousand terns nested on ...
Key West Florida The Shops at Mallory Square U.S. Lighthouse Service 1789–1939: U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, Key West Station: NRHP 73000590: October 15, 1973 Also: Key West Post Office and Customshouse: Key West Florida USCGC Ingham: U.S. Coast Guard 1915–Present: USCGC Ingham: Yes 92001879: April 27, 1992 Ponce de Leon Inlet Florida ...
Tours of Cape Florida Lighthouse and keeper's quarters Black Heritage Museum: Middleburg: Clay Northeast Ethnic-African American Open by appointment [3] Black Heritage Museum: New Smyrna Beach: Volusia Central East Ethnic-African American Blanchard House Museum: Charlotte Harbor: Charlotte Southwest Ethnic-African American
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But in 1884, a 104-foot high iron lighthouse rose above the waters on the Gulf Coast and 90 years later, in 1974, the lighthouse and its quarters made it into the National Register of Historic Places.
During 1932 to 1939 it served as headquarters for the 7th Lighthouse District of the U.S. Lighthouse Service. The U.S. Coast Guard took over the service and the building in 1939. [2] It has brick masonry walls laid in common bond, on a limestone foundation, and is the oldest brick building on Key West. [2]
Both lighthouse and quarters were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. According to the Florida archives, the 104-foot lighthouse was completed in 1884 after 51 years of ...