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Managing Organization:
Cape St. George Lighthouse Society
Website: http://www.apalachtimes.com/stl/stl.htm
Email:
Contact Address Information:
P.O. Box 915
Apalachicola
Florida, 32329-0915 , United States
Notes:
The Cape St. George Lighthouse was already endangered by beach erosion when Hurricane Opal undermined its foundation in 1995. Funds raised by the Cape St. George Lighthouse Society were combined with state and federal funds to begin a repair and stabilization project in 1999. The lighthouse was stabilized to some degree, but in early 2000 it was reported that the tower has started to lean again. Contributions to help save the lighthouse can be sent to Save the Light, P.O. Box 915, Apalachicola, FL 32329-0915.
Tower Height: 70
Height of Focal Plane: 72
Description of Tower: White conical brick tower with black cast iron lantern.
Listed on the Lighthouse Digest Doomsday List of endangered lighthouses.
This light is not operational
Other Buildings?
none
Earlier Towers?
1833: 75-foot tower; 1848: Second tower, destroyed by storm in 1851.
Date Established: 1833
Date Present Tower Built: 1852
Date Deactivated: 1994
Optics: 1857: Third order Fresnel lens (removed).
Current Use: Under restoration.
Open To Public? Grounds only.
Museum?
no
Directions:
Little St. George Island is accessible by boat only.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Keepers: Francis Lee (1848-?), Braddock Williams (?-1862), James Reilly (1866-?, died in fall from lighthouse).
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