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Managing Organization:
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge
Website: http://saintmarks.fws.gov
Notes:
This lighthouse and the keeper's house were damaged in the Civil War. The station may be transferred from the Coast Guard to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The St. Marks Refuge Association is working to restore this light station.
Tower Height: 73
Height of Focal Plane: 82
Description of Tower: White, brick conical tower with black cast iron lantern.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
1843 one-story brick keeper's house.
Date Established: 1831
Date Present Tower Built: 1842
Date Automated: 1960
Optics: 1867: Fourth order Fresnel lens, now fifth order Fresnel lens.
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? Grounds only.
Directions:
The lighthouse is at the end of County Road 59 in the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge. There is a fee to enter the refuge.
Keepers: Samuel Crosby [Cosby ?] (1830-1839), Benjamin Metcalf (c. 1839), John P. Hungerford (1840-?), Needham Dudley (1844-1850), Ann Dudley (1850-c. 1854), John J. Alien [Allen?] (1854-1859), R. H. Alexander (1859), William Blythe (1859-1860), David M. Kennedy (1860-1861, 1867-1879), James M. Kennedy (1870-1875), R. R. Fletcher (assistant, 1876), Samuel Forbes (1875-1880), Mark Richardson (1880), James H. Breen (1880-1881), Isaac Dent (assistant 1880-1882), George H. Gibson (1880-1892), Charles Fine (1892-1904), Sarah Fine (1904-1910), J. M. Ladd (1910-?), J. Y. Gresham (1918-1942).
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