More than 100 lighthouses that no longer are critical to the U.S. Coast Guard have been transferred to nonprofit groups and government entities at no cost or sold through public auction under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000.
The General Services Administration first offers the lighthouse to the entities and nonprofits. If no qualified applications are received, the properties are sold.
As of February, 41 lighthouses have gone to nonprofits, 22 to local governments, three to state governments, eight to federal agencies and 45 were sold.
Here are the lighthouses in 22 states and Puerto Rico, and the type of transfer, with the gross proceeds for those sold, according to the General Services Administration. The list does not include two lighthouses far offshore in Lake Michigan that recently sold at auction but need to complete closing. The North Manitou Shoal Lighthouse went for $73,000 and White Shoal Lighthouse for $110,000.
ALASKA
Cape Decision Light, 2004, nonprofit
Five Finger Islands Light, 2004, nonprofit
Point Retreat Light, 2003, nonprofit
Sentinel Island Light, 2006, nonprofit
CALIFORNIA
Pigeon Point Light, 2011, state government
Point Pinos Light, 2006, local government
Point Sur Light, 2005, state government
CONNECTICUT
New London Harbor Light, 2009, nonprofit
New London Ledge Light 2014, nonprofit
Peck Pedge Light, 2015, public sale, $235,000
Saybrook Breakwater Light, 2015, public sale, $290,000
DELAWARE
Brandywine Shoals Light, 2013, nonprofit
Fourteen Foot Bank Lighthouse, 2007, public sale, $200,000
Harbor Of Refuge Breakwater Light, 2004, nonprofit
Liston Rear Range Light Delaware 2013, public sale, $22,003
Marcus Hook Light Station, 2010, public sale, $150,000
FLORIDA
Fowey Rocks Lighthouse, 2012, National Park Service
St. Augustine Light, 2002, nonprofit
GEORGIA
St. Simons Island Light, 2004, nonprofit
Tybee Island Lighthouse Complex, 2002, nonprofit
HAWAII
Molokai Light, 2006, National Park Service
ILLINOIS
Chicago Harbor Lighthouse, 2009, local government
MAINE
Baker Island Light, 2011, National Park Service
Boon Island Light, 2014, public sale, $78,000
Cuckold Island Fog Signal/Light Station, 2006, nonprofit
Goose Rocks Light Station, 2006, public sale, $27,000
Halfway Rock Light, 2014, public sales, $283,000
Little River Lightstation, 2002, nonprofit
Lubec Channel, 2007, public sale, $46,000
Moose Peak Light, 2012, public sale, $93,500
Petit Manan Light, 2006, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Ram Island Ledge, 2011, public sale, $190,000
Whaleback Ledge, 2009, nonprofit
MARYLAND
Baltimore Lighthouse, 2006, public sale, $260,000
Bloody Point, 2007, public sale, $100,000
Craighill Channel Lower Range Light, 2005, nonprofit
Hooper Island, 2009, nonprofit
Sandy Point Shoal Lighthouse, 2006, public sale, $250,000
Sharp’s Island, 2008, public sale, $80,000
Thomas Point Shoal Light, 2004, local government
Turkey Point Light Station, 2005, state government
MASSACHUSETTS
Baker Island Light, 2014, nonprofit
Borden Flats, 2010, public sale, $56,569
Edgartown Light, 2013, local government
Gay Head Tower, 2014, local government
Gay Head Tower, 2015, local government
Graves Light, 2011, public sale, $933,888
Long Island Head Light, 2010, National Park Service
Minot’s Ledge Light, 2014, public sale, $222,000
Straitsmouth, 2013, local government
MICHIGAN
Alpena Light, 2013, nonprofit
Charlevoix South Pierhead Light, 2013, local government
Cheboygan River Front Range Lighthouse, 2008, nonprofit
Detour Reef Light, 2004, nonprofit
Fort Gratiot Light Station, 2010, local government
Frankfort North Light, 2010, local government
Grand Haven Entrance and Inner Lights, 2012, local government
Gravelly Shoal Light, 2015, public sale, $16,000
Gull Rock Light, 2013, nonprofit
Harbor Beach Lighthouse, 2005, local government
Holland Harbor South Pierhead Light, 2010, nonprofit
Ile Aux Galet, 2015, public sale, $23,250
Ludington North Breakwater Light, 2008, local government
Manistique Light, 2006, public sale, $15,000
Manistee North Pierhead Light, 2011, local government
Manitou Island Light, 2004, nonprofit
Menominee North Pierhead Light, 2008, local government
Munising Station, Front/Rear Range Lights, 2002, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Muskegon South Breakwater Light, 2010, nonprofit
Muskegon South Pierhead Light, 2010, nonprofit
Ontonagon West Pierhead Light, 2014, nonprofit
Port Austin Light, 2013, nonprofit
Rock of Ages Light, 2013, National Park Service
Round Island Passage Light, 2014, public sale, $65,500
South Haven South Pierhead Lighthouse, 2012, nonprofit
Spectacle Reef Light, 2015, public sale, $43,575
St. James (Beaver Harbor) Light, 2005, local government
Stannard Rock Light, 2014, nonprofit
MINNESOTA
Duluth Harbor South Breakwater Inner, 2009, public sale, $31,000
NEW JERSEY
Great Beds Light, 2011, public sale, $90,000
Miah Maull Shoal Light, 2015, public sale, $90,000
Robbins Reef Light, 2011, nonprofit
Romer Shoal Light, 2011, public sale, $90,000
Ship John Shoal Light, 2012, public sale, $60,200
NEW YORK
Buffalo South Harbor Light, 2011, nonprofit
East Charity Shoal, 2009, public sale, $25,501
Esopus Meadows Lighthouse, 2002, nonprofit
Execution Rocks, 2009, nonprofit
Huntington Harbor Light, 2012, nonprofit
Latimer Reef Light, 2010, public sale, $225,000
Little Gull Island Light, 2012, public sale, $381,000
Orient Point Light, 2012, public sale, $120,000
Oswego Harbor West Pierhead (Oswego Outer Harbor), 2008, local government
Race Rock Light, 2013, nonprofit
Rondout Creek, 2002, local government
Stepping Stones, 2008, local government
West Bank Light, 2010, public sale, $195,000
NORTH CAROLINA
Frying Pan Light Tower, 2003, public sale, $85,000
Currituck Beach Light Tower, 2010, nonprofit
OHIO
Ashtabula Harbor Light, 2007, nonprofit
Cleveland East Pierhead, 2009, public sale, $10,000
Conneaut Harbor W Breakwater Light, 2011, public sale, $46,000
Fairport Harbor W Breakwater Light, 2011, public sale, $71,010
Toledo Harbor Lighthouse, 2006, nonprofit
PUERTO RICO
Cape San Juan Puerto, 2010, nonprofit
RHODE ISLAND
Conimicut Shoal Light, 2004, local government
Hog Island Shoal Light, 2007, public sale, $165,000
SOUTH CAROLINA
Charleston Light, 2008, National Park Service.
VIRGINIA
Newport News Middle Ground Light, 2005, public sale, $31,000
Smith Point Lighthouse, 2005, public sale, $170,000
Thimble Shoal Lighthouse, 2005, public sale, $65,000
Wolf Trap Lighthouse, 2006, public sale, $75,000
WASHINGTON
Grays Harbor (Westport) Light, 2004, nonprofit
West Point Light, 2005, local government
WISCONSIN
Kenosha N Pierhead Light, 2011, public sale, $17,000
Kewaunee Light, 2011, local government
Manitowoc Breakwater Light, 2011, public sale, $30,000
Milwaukee Breakwater Light, 2013, nonprofit
Sturgeon Bay North Pierhead Light, 2014, public sale, $45,500
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