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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.
The Roanoke River Lighthouse is a historic, decommissioned lighthouse, located on the waterfront of Edenton, North Carolina. The lighthouse once stood in Albemarle Sound at the mouth of the Roanoke River , across the Sound from its current location.
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 May 2023, the GSA again listed the lighthouse for sale. [13]
Want to buy a lighthouse? Or perhaps an island? These unusual fixer-uppers are priced to move but come with red tape because of a difficult seller: Uncle Sam. The General Services Administration ...
Try unloading a lighthouse. Saddled with buildings, properties and land it can't use, the U.S. government is ready to deal -- which spells opportunity for buyers with a little imagination. Check ...
In 1933 the light was automated and in 1956 it was decommissioned. It was a private residence until 1996. The lighthouse, only accessible by boat since no roads or private drives lead to it, was for sale in 1996. [5] It was sold to a person willing to conserve the light. The original fourth order Fresnel lens was found, restored and in 1998 ...
The lighthouse building was offered to the state, but when they declined, the borough of Sea Girt purchased the lighthouse instead, for $11,000 (equivalent to $125,000 in 2023 [2]). [3] It was used for the town library and for meeting space for many years, [ 3 ] while the beacon itself remained operational until 1977. [ 1 ]
The first lighthouse in the Dry Tortugas was on Garden Key, and became operational in 1826. [7] After several proposals for a new lighthouse on the "outer shoals" of the Dry Tortugas, a new lighthouse was built on Loggerhead Key and completed in 1858 at a cost of US$35,000 ($1.23 million in 2023), which was the amount that had been projected to ...