Gasparilla Island Lights
The Port Boca Grande Lighthouse is still active as an aid to navigation and has also been restored and houses a museum and gift shop.
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| Location | south tip of Gasparilla Island, on the Boca Grande Pass |
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| Coordinates | 26°43′02.5″N 82°15′39.4″W / 26.717361°N 82.260944°W |
| Year first constructed | 1890 |
| Year first lit | 1890 |
| Automated | 1956 |
| Deactivated | 1966, reactivated 1986 |
| Foundation | iron screw piles |
| Construction | wood frame |
| Tower shape | octagonal lantern at roof peak of a square house |
| Height | 44 feet (13 m) |
| Original lens | three and a half order Fresnel lens |
| Characteristic |
white light flashes every 20 seconds |
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Port Boca Grande Lighthouse
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| Location | Gasparilla Island |
| Coordinates | 26°43′2″N 82°15′39″W / 26.71722°N 82.26083°WCoordinates: 26°43′2″N 82°15′39″W / 26.71722°N 82.26083°W |
| NRHP Reference # | 80000953 |
| Added to NRHP | February 28, 1980 |
The Gasparilla Island Rear Range Light was first lit in 1932.
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 Florida
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| Location | 2 miles north of Port Boca Grande Lighthouse |
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| Coordinates | 26°44′31.4″N 82°15′48.8″W / 26.742056°N 82.263556°W |
| Year first lit | 1932 |
| Automated | 1956 |
| Foundation | iron steel piles |
| Construction | wrought iron |
| Tower shape | skeletal tower |
| Height | 105 feet (32 m) |
| Original lens | fourth order Fresnel lens |
white light flashes every 20 seconds
The Gasparilla Island Lights are on Gasparilla Island in Boca Grande, Florida. The Port Boca Grande Lighthouse is on the southern tip of Gasparilla Island (located in Gasparilla Island State Park), and marked the Boca Grande Pass entrance to Charlotte Harbor.
Port Boca Grande Lighthouse was first lit on December 31, 1890. It is a two-story frame dwelling raised on iron screw-piles, with the lantern placed in a cupola at the peak of the roof. The keeper lived in the lighthouse. A similar house (without a lantern) built next to it was the assistant keeper's dwelling.
The Port Boca Grande Lighthouse originally served ships transporting cattle from ports on Charlotte Harbor to Cuba. Phosphate ore from the Peace River area became an important cargo in the 1890s, and the construction of the Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway to Port Boca Grande in 1909 resulted in increased traffic. Ship traffic to Port Boca Grande peaked at more than 30 ships a day during World War II, when Port Boca Grande served as a safe harbor for shipping in the Gulf.
The Gasparilla Island Light was deactivated in 1966, and abandoned by the Coast Guard in 1969. The buildings quickly deteriorated, and by 1970 beach erosion had exposed the screw-piles supporting the building, with waves breaking under the building at high tide. Two rock groins were built to protect the lighthouse, and sand was pumped in to build up the beach. Lee County took title of the lighthouse in 1972. On February 28, 1980, the lighthouse was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Restoration work began in 1985, and in 1986 the light was recommissioned.
In 1988 the building and surrounding property were turned over to the State of Florida and became Gasparilla Island State Park. In 1999 the Historic Port Boca Grande Lighthouse and Museum opened to the public and is operated by the Barrier Island Parks Society
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