Posted on 06/09/2023 9:17:05 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
...This year, the General Services Administration (GSA) will give away six of the historic beacons, including the Warwick Neck Light, at no cost. An additional four will be sold via public auction. The goal of the transfers is to preserve the historic buildings, even as technology renders them obsolete...
Since the passage of the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act in 2000, the GSA has been transferring ownership of lighthouses... to groups willing to preserve them, according to a statement from the agency...
At many lighthouses, upkeep is challenging: Two of the structures up for auction, the Penfield Reef Lighthouse in Fairfield, Connecticut, and the Stratford Shoal Light in the middle of the Long Island Sound, are accessible only by boat...
For now, the lighthouses won’t be available to just anyone. The GSA is first offering them at no cost to federal agencies, state and local governments, nonprofits, educational agencies and community development organizations. To be eligible, interested buyers must be able to maintain the historic property and allow the public to access it. More than 80 lighthouses have found a new owner—and stable future—through this process so far, according to the GSA...
If no owner is found, the lighthouses will be offered for sale to the public via auction. The GSA has auctioned 70 lighthouses to date, in sales ranging from $10,000 to over $900,000, reports NPR’s Emma Bowman.
Other lighthouses going to auction this year include the Cleveland Harbor West Pierhead Light in Cleveland, Ohio, and the Keweenaw Waterway Lower Entrance Light in Chassell, Michigan. The list of transfer-eligible lighthouses includes Lynde Point Lighthouse in Old Saybrook, Connecticut; Plymouth/Gurnet Lighthouse in Plymouth, Massachusetts; Little Mark Island and Monument in Harpswell, Maine; and Erie Harbor North Pier Lighthouse in Erie, Pennsylvania.
(Excerpt) Read more at smithsonianmag.com ...
Probably even eat your food with au jus.
I care. Who died and left you in charge?
That’s Lynde Point... beautiful lighthouse...I’d want the New London Ledge Lighthouse, so I’ll have nice neighbors. I might have the Ghost named Ernie living there! 🤓
I might be able to fit one of the smaller ones in my backyard.
Plus, imagine the electric bill!
Ah, the scenery, the isolation, the gentle sough of the sea to help you fall to sleep, the omnipresence of Nature’s caressing hand. I’m thinking...machine gun nest.
LOL!
I wonder if the bug zapper bulbs come in those large sizes?
Late to the party as ever, BUT!
Definitely sisters from another mister, FRiend.
Tatt
And a yard full of angry Dobes.
/get off my lawn!!!
;D
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