The Cape San Blas
lighthouse is one of four historic buildings in Florida recently added to the National Park Service’s National Register of
Historic Places.
The National Register of Historic Places is a
list maintained by the National Park Service which includes historical or
archaeological properties that are considered worthy of preservation because of
their local, statewide and/or national significance.
Florida has over 1,600 listings on the
National Register, including 275 historical districts and 170 archaeological
sites.
The Cape San Blas lighthouse is a 60-ton screw-pile type lighthouse constructed in 1885.
The lighthouse originally marked the shores of
Cape San Blas.
Over the last 100 years the lighthouse and its
associated buildings were moved several times on the Cape to prevent collapse
into the Gulf waters.
The lighthouse, two keeper’s quarters and oil
house were finally moved into the city in 2014 to protect it from shore
erosion.
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