Lighthouse News

Fairport Harbor Lighthouse Sells For $77,000

After a flurry of bidding that ultimately went to the original bidder, nicknamed samsloan, the beautiful Fairport Harbor Breakwater Lighthouse ended up in the hands of a local millionaire and founder of the Osborne Construction Companies, Jerome T. Osborne, of Mentor, Ohio. For the money, Mr. Osborne gets one of the more attractive lighthouses that have come up for auction, and tentative plans at this time, according to the MSNBC station WKYC.Com, are to merely preserve and protect the station.

Fairport Harbor West Breakwater Lighthouse Soon To Be Auctioned

This is one lighthouse I didn’t think would make it to the GSA Auction block last year. I would have sworn some lighthouse group would take it over. This has it all, a great location in a park, accessibility, actual living space, gorgeous looks, fantastic fishing and more. Did I say fantastic fishing? Mmmmm….walleye. Nevertheless, no one wanted to take it over, and now the General Services Administration will be putting it up for auction beginning September 28.

Pointe d’Aiguillon Lighthouse Goes On the Market

Be still my heart. This is a once in a lifetime chance to purchase the property containing the Pointe d’Aiguillon lighthouse on the north bank of the Loire estuary on the east side of Saint-Marc-sur Mer, about 8 km southwest of Saint-Nazaire, France. This marvelously restored keeper’s home has five bedrooms, three bathrooms and a view to die for. That view is of course the active lighthouse, which comes with the property. And the price? A mere €780,000. Okay, so that’s almost $1.1 million US dollars.

East Charity Shoal Lighthouse On the Block

An offshore lighthouse in Jefferson County, New York, in NE Lake Ontario has become the fist lighthouse up for auction in 2009. The East Charity Shoal lighthouse auction opened May 11, and has no set closing date at this time. No bids have been received, and as all government lighthouse auctions require, a $5,000 deposit is needed to bid. The suggested opening bid is $10,000. Historic covenants and USCG easements will be included in the deed to the successful high bidder. Registration on the General Services Administration auction site is required. Also, you will need to follow their rules carefully regarding the placing of bids.

Not a Real Lighthouse, But…

It might as well be. This 30 acre oceanfront property in Nova Scotia is up for sale for a mere $1,495,000 CDN. The property has a lighthouse-like tower attached to its cozy home with two bedrooms and bath and an observation deck inside it.The main house has a master bedroom suite, a great room, loft, galley kitchen, storage, utility and bath. Other buildings include a large garage and a building to house a generator. This beautiful location is on Second Peninsula, which is about halfway between the towns of Lunenburg and Mahone Bay. Oh heck, let me just put the description from the realtor’s site:

Price Dropped on Isle Au Haut Property

Well, these are hard economic times, and it is a buyer’s market. The word has gone out that the Lighthouse Keeper’s Inn at the Isle Au Haut (Maine) Lightstation has dropped in price to $2.2 million, down from the original asking price of $2.5 million. I guess that’s something of a bargain, if you have that much money to spend in the first place. It’s also now listed with a real estate agency, the Compass Point Real Estate Company in Blue Hill, Maine. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any listing for the Inn.Just to be clear, the Robinson Point Lighthouse, pictured at left, is not included in the sale. The active light is owned and maintained by the town of Isle Au Haut.

Bloody Point Lighthouse in South Carolina on Market

A privately owned lighthouse on Daufuskie Island, near Hilton Head, South Carolina, is being offered for sale by its owner, Joe Yocius. Although the lighthouse is no longer used as an Aid To Navigation, it is registered on the National Register of Historic Places. Not to be confused with Bloody Point Bar Lighthouse in the Chesapeake Bay, this home has its own unique history. Most of the information on the light has been compiled by the current owner and is available for reading at Low Country Joe’s site.

 Very Low Sale Price On Both

Conneaut Lighthouse will be up for auction again in Spring of 2010. The purchaser, Gary Zaremba, did not get the required bottomlands lease from the state of Ohio. Watch this site for more information for when the auction draws near.

Price Dropped On Hunstanton Lighthouse

Apparently it’s hard to sell a lighthouse in these tough economic times also. Hunstanton Lighthouse in Norfolk, UK, which went on the market a year ago for the lowly price of £695,000, has been slashed to a mere £499,000 in recent days. That’s only $739,478 USD, folks. And what do you get for the money? A completely rebuilt seaside home that had become so neglected in the 1950s it was used by seaside squatters until it was acquired by the town of Hunstanton in 1964. The lighthouse is no longer in use as an aid to navigation and has been dark since 1922. But you definitely can’t beat the view.

Noting like a soft close to get some action going. All three lighthouses now have bids, and the soft close has been extended by one day (so far) to Dec. 2. Surprisingly, Duluth’s tower has the top bid, at $31,000. The others (in Ohio) are sitting at $10,000 each. That can change in a hurry.