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Managing Organization:
Save the Light Inc.
Telephone: 843-795-8911
Website: http://www.savethelight.org
Email:
Contact Address Information:
P.O. Box 12490
Charleston
South Carolina, 29422, United States
Notes:
There has been a navigational aid in this vicinity since 1673, when pitch fires were lighted at night. This inactive and badly deteriorated lighthouse was bought by Save the Light Inc. in 1999. In April 2000 the State of South Carolina agreed to take over the lighthouse. Save the Light has raised about $250,000 and the state is contributing $500,000 toward restoration of the lighthouse. The Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to spend up to $1 million for a stabilization study.
Tower Height: 161
Height of Focal Plane: 158
Description of Tower: Conical stone tower with brown and white bands.
Listed on the Lighthouse Digest Doomsday List of endangered lighthouses.
This light is not operational
Earlier Towers?
1767: Octagonal brick tower.
Date Established: 1767
Date Present Tower Built: 1876
Date Deactivated: 1962
Date Automated: 1938
Optics: 1857: First order Fresnel lens.
Open To Public? No.
Directions:
Northbound on US Route 17: Turn right onto SC 17 and follow to Folly Beach. At the second traffic signal, one block before a hotel at the end of Center Street, turn left at East Ashley Street. Continue for 3.3 miles to the entrance of an abandoned Coast Guard LORAN station. Pedestrians are allowed to walk 0.25 mile to the beach for a view of the lighthouse.
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