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Managing Organization:
U.S. Naval Air Station Pensacola
Website: http://www.naspensacola.navy.mil/
Notes:
The Coast Guard still maintains the optics at this lighthouse , but the U.S. Navy owns the site and buildings. A group called the Friends of the Pensacola Lighthouse is working for the restoration of the lighthouse. There are many stories of ghostly hauntings here.
Tower Height: 150
Height of Focal Plane: 191
Description of Tower: Conical brick tower, bottom part white and upper part black.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
Two-story brick keeper's house.
Earlier Towers?
1825: 40-foot tower.
Date Established: 1825
Date Present Tower Built: 1859
Date Automated: 1965
Optics: 1859: First order Fresnel lens, still in use.
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? No.
Museum?
There is no museum, but the Pensacola Lighthouse is open for tours from noon to 4 p.m. Sundays between Memorial Day and Labor Day. The last tour begins at 3:30. Special group arrangements can be made with the Coast Guard Auxiliary volunteers. Tours are free. Children under 6 are not allowed to climb the tower. For more information call 850-453-8282 or 850-675-5305.
Directions:
Route 295 leads to the Naval Air Station, where you can receive directions to the lighthouse.
Keepers: Jeremiah Ingraham (1825-1840, died in service); Michaela Penalber Ingraham (widow of Jeremiah Ingraham, 1840-1855), Joseph F. Palmes (1858-1861), Robert McCormack (1863-?).
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