St. Joseph Point Lighthouse, St. Joseph Point, Florida
by Dawna Moore Photography
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St. Joseph Point Lighthouse, St. Joseph Point, Florida
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Dawna Moore Photography
Medium
Photograph - Nature And Travel Photography
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A light on a seventy-eight-foot iron tower replaced St. Joseph Point Lighthouse in 1955, and five years later, the old dwelling was sold to Lee Williams for $300. Due to the height of the structure, the watchroom and gallery had to be removed before the lighthouse was moved (the Coast Guard had previously removed the lantern room), and during this process, they were dropped and reduced to scrap. At its new home on a farm three miles inland along Overstreet Highway, the lighthouse was used as a dwelling by its first owner. Under its second owner, Sam Harmon, the lighthouse was relegated to serve as a hay barn, with cattle feeding from its porches. In 1970, Danny Raffield purchased the lighthouse for $1,200, but it wasn’t moved the roughly twenty miles south to its new home on St. Joseph Bay until November 1979. By then, the structure had become known as the traveling lighthouse. After several years of meticulous restoration, the Raffields were able to move into the lighthouse. They enclosed the bottom floor, converting it into a kitchen and living room. A massive spiral iron staircase replaced a wooden set of stairs and forms the spine of the dwelling, connecting all three levels. The Raffields had craftsmen replicate the original lantern room at Raffield Fisheries, and it was finally placed atop the lighthouse on April 14, 2011, capping a restoration effort that spanned over forty years.
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February 5th, 2018
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