This week's lighthouse is a home that was a lighthouse and isn't a lighthouse anymore, but it was a lighthouse and still looks like one. So it has lighthouse history and looks good. That's enough for me.
It's located in the Florida Panhandle, near a small domicile named Port St. Joe. Panama City is to the northwest, and Apalachicola is around the bend to the east. The Lighthouse Directory indicated where it is; zoom out to see where that is.
This is what the Lighthouse Directory tells us about it.
"1902. Inactive since 1960. 41 ft square wood keeper's house surmounted by square cylindrical tower with lantern and gallery. Lighthouse painted white. Sibling of the Gasparilla Island (Port Boca Grande) Light. ... Sold as a private residence, the building was relocated in 1960 and again in 1979. The original lantern was accidently destroyed during the 1960 relocation. The current owners, JoAnn and Danny Raffield, worked for years to renovate and restore the building. In April 2011 they completed their work by mounting a replica of the original lantern."
Lighthouse Friends has more history here. This includes why, for awhile, it was a lighthouse without a community near it.
Now that you know all that, below are pictures and a video.
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