Haig Point Lighthouse Daufuskie Island South Carolina
by Dawna Moore Photography
Title
Haig Point Lighthouse Daufuskie Island South Carolina
Artist
Dawna Moore Photography
Medium
Photograph - Nature And Travel Photography
Description
The history of Haig Point, (also known as Hague's Point or Haig's Point) reaches back into the colonial days when George Haig I, a Scot merchant and Indian trader, purchased property in 1733 on the northern end of Daufuskie Island. The land remained in the Haig family for three generations until George Haig III sold the property around 1810 to the Mongin family. Herman Blodgett then purchased Haig Point Plantation from the Mongin family. In December of 1872, James H. Reed of Washington D.C. was contracted to acquire all the material for the two range lights and dwelling, transport the material to the island, and supply the necessary labor to erect the structures all for $7,681. A two-story wooden keeper’s dwelling, with a tower extending from the eastern end of its pitched roof, was constructed on the foundation of Blodgett’s plantation mansion. To the south, the Bloody Point front range light was also built of wood. The ranges lights would serve two purposes: to guide vessels into Calibogue Sound and to facilitate safe passage between Port Royal Harbor and the Savannah River. (lighthousefriends.com)
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July 21st, 2014
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