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In 1999 a major restoration project was begun under the auspices of the Tybee Island Historical Society, who took possession of the light station in 2002 under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act. [2] [3] As part of this project the tower was repainted in the 1916–1966 black-white-black daymark.
Tybee Island's strategic position near the mouth of the Savannah River has made the island's northern tip the ideal location for a lighthouse since Georgia's early settlement period. First built in 1736, the lighthouse was made of brick and wood , and stood 90 feet (27 m) tall, making it the highest structure in America at that time.
Tybee Island Range Front Lighthouse, also known as Tybee (Knoll) Cut Range Front Lighthouse, was a lighthouse in Georgia, United States, at the mouth of the Savannah River, near Tybee Island, Georgia. This lighthouse should not be confused with more well-known Tybee Island Light Station.
It was donated to Tybee Island Historical Society in 2007 and moved to the Tybee Lighthouse property. Both locations, the original and the one by the lighthouse, are on the trail.
The Tybee Island Historical Society recently secured another grant to assist in the restoration of the lighthouse, which is currently in its third phase. Tybee Island Historical Society secures ...
The earliest lighthouse in the state was erected in 1736; the oldest surviving tower is the Sapelo Island Light, though the present Tybee Island Light, erected in 1867, incorporates the base of its 1773 predecessor. [1] The last lighthouse in the state, the Savannah Light, was constructed in 1964. [1]