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Name: Round Island Light (MS)  

Nearest Town or City:
Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States

Location: Pascagoula Harbor, Gulf of Mexico.

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Managing Organization:
Round Island Lighthouse Preservation Society

Contact Address Information:
P.O.Box 1034
Pascagoula
Mississippi, 39568, United States

Notes:
The original Round Island Lighthouse was replaced by a new 50-foot brick tower in 1859. This lighthouse was destroyed by Hurricane Georges in 1998. The Round Island Lighthouse Preservation Society is now working to rebuild the lighthouse using as much of the original tower as possible. The lighthouse will eventually be part of a public park.

Description of Tower: White, conical brick tower.

This light is not operational

Earlier Towers?
1834: 45-foot brick tower.

Date Established: 1834

Date Deactivated: c. 1949

Date Automated: 1944

Optics: 1859: Fourth order Fresnel lens.

Current Use: Under restoration.

Directions:
The lighthouse site is on a small island in Pascagoula Harbor and is accessible only by boat.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Keepers: Curtis Lewis (1834-1839), Charles Quandrill (1839-1847), William Taylor (1847-1853), Lemuel Childress (1853-1865), Edwin Bailey (1865-1871), Charles Anderson (1871, died in service), Margaret Anderson (1871-1881), Mary Anderson (1881), John Murray (1881-1895), Robert Dimitry (1895-1904), Thorwald Hansen (1905-1907), Mrs. Mary Hansen (1907-1909); Mathlas Streckert (1907-1909?); Nirls Nilsru (?) (1909-1911); Dewitt Charles Powell (1916-1920); J. H. Portman (1917-1921); A. E. Steiner (c. 1929-1930s); William Edward Ewing (assistant c. 1929-1941, then Coast Guard 1941-1944); J. J. Oliver (c. 1936); C. H. Carlson (1937-1941); Elwood Ladnier (?-1949?)