![]() ![]() The second floor made up the living quarters, with a kitchen, living room, three bedrooms and a bathroom. Here is a telling description of the building describing its original configuration: Built in 1913, it sits on a long concrete pier between the ports of Duluth and Superior in Superior Bay, which is a natural harbor in the southwest corner of Lake Superior. But look at it, it's hard to resist its charms. Superior Harbor South Breakwater Light: Superior, Wisconsin The description of a "Rectangular concrete fog signal building topped with concrete cylindrical tower, 56 feet in height," doesn't do this structure (also known as the Wisconsin Point Light) much justice. First up, Superior Harbor South Breakwater Light.ġ. Following are some of the lovely lighthouses currently available (you can also sign up for emails alerts for new (old) lighthouses as they become available). One of these is listed at an initial bid of $15,000 with no bidders yet. So if you are part of an eligible group, you can investigate getting a free lighthouse or you can see which ones become available for auction, where they sell from 5 to 6 figures. But lighthouses that don’t draw any interested stewards – often because of inaccessibility (bonus!) – are put up for auction. General Services Administration (GSA) site have been determined to be “excess to the needs of the United States Coast Guard.” First the government looks to transfer them for free to qualified entities – such as a non-profit, educational agency, or community development organization – for education, park, recreation, cultural, or historic preservation purposes. Not to mention the opportunity to live in a lighthouse! And while these clearly aren't Passive Houses and may not be all that practical, there's a lot to be said for historic preservation and giving old structures new life. So you wanna buy a lighthouse? How about get one for free? The federal government has made a practice of unloading obsolete lighthouses – they’ve shed more than 100 of the iconic structures in the last decade and a half. If your hermit dream-home fantasy includes the sound of waves and a foghorn. ![]()
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