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The Ponce De Leon Inlet Light Station was designated a National Historic Landmark on August 5, 1998, [7] [8] one of only eleven lighthouses to earn this designation. [9] The lighthouse and three keepers' dwellings have been restored, and are open to the public seven days a week. The lighthouse tower is open for climbing.
In 1926 the Florida Legislature changed the name from Mosquito Inlet to Ponce de Leon Inlet. There was precedent for the change. Mosquito County had long before become Orange County, and the Mosquito River had become the Halifax River. Only the Mosquito Lagoon has kept its old name. [1] It is the site of the town of Ponce Inlet, Florida and the ...
Archival records are inconclusive as to whether the Spanish used the tower as a lighthouse. While it seems likely, not enough has been gathered to place it as a fact. B. ^ The tower was washed away in 1851. C. ^ In 1960, the lighthouse was replaced with a skeletal steel tower. The old structure moved multiple times as a private residence before ...
Key West Florida USCGC Ingham: U.S. Coast Guard 1915–Present: USCGC Ingham: Yes 92001879: April 27, 1992 Ponce de Leon Inlet Florida Ponce Inlet Lighthouse and Museum U.S. Lighthouse Service 1789–1939: Ponce Inlet Light Station: Yes 72000355: August 5, 1998 St. Simon's Island Georgia World War II Home Front Museum [70] U.S. Coast Guard 1915 ...
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Mary and her husband William Davis, a deputy U.S. Marshal, probably were aware of plans to build a lighthouse on the Florida coast somewhere between St. Augustine and Key West, and knew that Key Biscayne was a likely location for it. Mary and William sold three acres (about one-and-a-quarter hectares) of their newly acquired land at the ...
The 16.5-foot (5.0 m) tall original 1st-order Fresnel lens of the Cape Canaveral lighthouse (left) on display at the Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse Museum with the 1st-order Fresnel lens of the Ponce de Leon Inlet Light (right). Ownership of the lighthouse was transferred by the Coast Guard to the United States Air Force on December 14, 2000 ...
Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs; Lee County listings; Boca Grande Lighthouse Museum; Gasparilla Island (Port Boca Grande) Lighthouse - retrieved June 29, 2008; Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Eastern Florida and the Keys". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill