History of The Sanibel
Lighthouse
SANIBEL
ISLAND LIGHT
State: FLORIDA
Location: POINT YBEL, SANIBEL ISLAND
Nearest City: SANIBEL
County: LEE
U.S.C.G. District: 7
Year Station Established: 1884
Photo courtesy J.N.
Ding National Wildlife Refuge
Existing Historic
Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1884
- Is the Light Operational? YES
- Date Deactivated: N/A
- Automated: 1949
- Foundation Materials: IRON PILE
- Construction Materials: IRON
- Markings/Patterns: BROWN
- Shape: PYRAMIDAL SKELETAL W/CENTRAL COLUMN
- Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
- Tower Height: 102
- Original Optic: THIRD ORDER, FRESNEL
- Year Original Lens Installed: 1884
- Present Optic: 300 MM
- Year Present Lens Installed: 1965
- Height of Focal Plane: 98
- Fresnel Lens Disposition: SIMILAR THIRD ORDER
LENS ON DISPLAY AT BURNAP COTTAGE AT THE
HISTORICAL VILLAGE AS WELL AS SWEDISH 500 MM DRUM
LENS INSTALLED 1962
- Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s):
N/A
Modern Tower? NO
Existing Sound Signal Building? NO
Existing Keepers Quarters? YES
- Year Constructed: 1884
- Number of Stories: 1
- Architectural Style: WEST INDIAN VERNACULAR
- Construction Materials: FRAME ON IRON PILES
Other Structures:
CISTERN, OIL HOUSE, 2ND KEEPERS
Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION/KEEPERS
SERVE AS HOUSING
Owner/Manager: USCG LEASE TO CITY OF SANIBEL
Open to the Public? YES
Web Site:
National Register Status: LISTED; Reference
#74000648
Name of Listing: SANIBEL LIGHTHOUSE & KEEPER'S
QUARTERS
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:
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