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Managing Organization:
Port Lavaca/Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce
Telephone: 800-556-7678
Contact Address Information:
P.O. Box 528
2300 Hwy 35 Bypass
Port Lavaca
Texas, 77979, United States
Notes:
This lighthouse has been moved twice. It is now in Bay Front Park where it serves as Port Lavaca's visitor center.
Description of Tower: Hexagonal wooden tower on roof of keeper's quarters; iron screwpile foundation.
This light is not operational
Date Established: 1858
Date Present Tower Built: 1858
Tower Moved?
c. 1942, 1980
Date Deactivated: 1942
Optics: 1858: Fourth order Fresnel lens.
Current Use: Attraction in municipal park.
Open To Public? Yes.
Directions:
The lighthouse is in Bay Front Park, at the west end of the causeway on SH 35, Port Lavaca.
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