I discovered that I only featured one lighthouse from Texas before on my blog; it wouldn't take long to feature all of them, because they are only five left. This one is the Point Bolivar lighthouse, located by Port Bolivar, and it hasn't been active since 1933. The Fresnel lens that used to be in the lantern room is now in the Smithsonian. Port Bolivar is on the northern side of the pass that allows entrance into Galveston Bay.
It's also big and tall, at 116 feet. Here's the excerpted info from the Lighthouse Directory:
"1873. Inactive since 1933. 117 ft (36 m) cast iron tower (brick lined). The 3rd order Fresnel lens used from 1907 to 1933 is on display at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History in Washington DC. Two 1-story keeper's quarters are used as private residences; one was being restored to its historical appearance in 2003."OK, 117 feet.
Three pictures below, and a StreetView drive right up to the base of the lighthouse.
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