Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Florida Lighthouses--Cedar Keys Light

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CEDAR KEYS (SEAHORSE KEY) LIGHT

State: FLORIDA
Location: SEAHORSE KEY/GULF OF MEXICO
Nearest City: CEDAR KEY
County: LEVY
U.S.C.G. District: 7
Year Station Established: 1854

Photo courtesy Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1854
Is the Light Operational? NO
Date Deactivated: 1915
Automated: N/A
Foundation Materials: GRANITE PILE W/PLATFORM
Construction Materials: BRICK WITH WOODEN ADDITIONS ADDED AFTER DECOMMISSIONING
Markings/Patterns: WHITE TOWER ON DWELLING
Shape: HEXAGONAL
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height: 23
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1854
Present Optic: REMOVED
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 75
Fresnel Lens Disposition:

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? YES "SEAHORSE REEF LIGHT"

Type: SKELETAL
Year Tower Constructed: 1922
Tower Height: 51
Height of Focal Plane: 43

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1854
Number of Stories: 1
Architectural Style: INTEGRAL
Construction Materials: BRICK

Other Structures: OIL HOUSE, CISTERN

Current Use: MARINE LABORATORY IN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

Owner/Manager: U.S. FISH &WILDLIFE SERVICE

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: PART OF LISTING; Reference #88001449
Name of Listing: CEDAR KEYS HISTORIC & ARCHEOLOGICAL DISTRICT
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
USED BY UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA AS A MARINE LABORATORY

Last Modified: Fri, Mar 01 2002 3:46:02 pm EDT
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