Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Florida Lighthouses--Ponce de Leon (Mosquito Inlet) Light

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PONCE DE LEON (MOSQUITO INLET) LIGHT

State: FLORIDA
Location: SOUTH OF DAYTONA BEACH
Nearest City: PONCE INLET
County: VOLUSIA
U.S.C.G. District: 7
Year Station Established: 1835

NPS photo by Ralph Eshelman, 1997

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1887
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: 1970-1982
Automated: 1953
Foundation Materials: BRICK
Construction Materials: BRICK
Markings/Patterns: RED W/BLACK LANTERN, COPPER ROOF
Shape: CONICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 175
Original Optic: FIRST ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1887
Present Optic: VEGA (VRB-25)
Year Present Lens Installed: 1996
Height of Focal Plane: 159
Fresnel Lens Disposition: ORIGINAL 1867 "BARBIER ET FENESTRE" FIXED LENS (INSTALLED 1887), 1904 BARBIER BENARD ET TURENNE, REVOLVING, THIRD ORDER LENS (INSTALLED 1933), AND 1860 "HENRY LEPAUTE" REVOLVING LENS USED AT CAPE CANAVERAL LIGHT STATION ARE ALL ON DISPLAY IN LENS EXHIBIT BUILDING

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date: 1835
Description:
Fate/Disposition: NEVER PUT INTO USE; UNDERMINED IN STORM

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1887
Number of Stories: 1
Architectural Style: WEST INDIAN VERNACULAR
Construction Materials: BRICK/WOOD

Other Structures: 3 CISTERNS, 3 STORAGE BUILDINGS, PUMPHOUSE, OIL HOUSE, 2 ASSISTANT KEEPERS(VICTORIAN VERNACULAR)

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION/MUSEUM

Owner/Manager: TOWN OF PONCE INLET/PONCE DE LEON INLET LIGHTHOUSE PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION

Open to the Public? YES (Go to Lighthouses to Visit for access information)

Web Site: Link

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #72000355
Name of Listing: PONCE DE LEON INLET LIGHTHOUSE
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK Study

Miscellaneous:
TWO KEEPERS COTTAGES TURNED INTO MARITIME MUSEUM; 3RD RESTORED; LIGHT RELIT 1982

Last Modified: Fri, Mar 01 2002 12:44:02 pm EDT
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