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Managing Organization:
Gulf Islands Alliance
Telephone: 813-968-5640
Website: http://www.gulfislands.org
Email:
Notes:
The lighthouse fell into disrepair after being deactivated in 1984. The lighthouse now belongs to the State of Florida and is part of the Anclote Key State Preserve (call 727-469-5918 for information on the preserve). The Relight the Light Committee of the Gulf Islands Alliance has worked to restore the lighthouse. (For more information visit www.anclotekey.com ) The lighthouse restoration was funded by state and federal funds as well as donations, and was a collaborative effort of International Chimney Corporation and Cornerstone Restorations. The lighthouse was relighted on September 13, 2003. In 2004 a new house was built near the lighthouse to serve as a residence for a park ranger.
Tower Height: 102
Height of Focal Plane: 110
Characteristic and Range: Four white flashes every 20 seconds.
Description of Tower: Brown, skeletal cast iron tower with central cylinder and black cast iron lantern.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
Oil house.
Date Established: 1887
Date Present Tower Built: 1887
Date Deactivated: 1984-2003
Optics: 1887: Third order Fresnel lens. Now Tidelands TRB-220 lens.
Current Use: Active aid to navigation in state preserve.
Open To Public? No.
Directions:
Anclote Key State Preserve is three miles off Tarpon Springs and is accessible only by boat. Sun Line Cruises of Tarpon Springs offers nature cruises that include views of the lighthouse -- see www.sunlinecruises.com or call 727-944-4468.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Keepers: James Gardner (1887-1888); Samuel E. Hope, Jr., assistant (1887-1888) then keeper (1888-1889); James M. Baggett, assistant (1888-1889) then keeper (1889-1891); Robert S. Meyer, assistant (1889-1891) then keeper (1891-1914 and 1923-1933); Thomas A. Moody (1914-1923); Jordan W. Hope, assistant (1888); ; T. G. Thompson, assistant (1891-1892); George M. Angus, assistant (1892-1898, died in service); Thomas S. Coleman, assistant (1898-1901); B. F. Meyer, temporary assistant (1901); John Peterson, assistant (1901-1904); David D. Klinger, assistant (1904-1911); Osborn C. Johnson, assistant (1911-1912); Clifton H. Lopez, assistant (1912-1914), E. R. Washington, assistant (1914-1920), G. B. Watkins, assistant (1920-1923), J. L. Pippin (1933-1947), Andy Staab (Coast Guard, 1943)
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