Below: View of the St. Augustine Lighthouse as seen from the St. Augustine Pier

The St. Augustine Light is an active lighthouse in St. Augustine, Florida. The current lighthouse stands at the north end of Anastasia Island and was built in 1874. It is the most recent of a number of towers built in the area. The tower is owned by the St. Augustine Lighthouse and Museum, Inc. (SAL&M), a not-for-profit maritime museum and private aid-to-navigation. Open to the public, admission fees support continued preservation of the Lighthouse and fund programs in maritime archaeology and education.

St. Augustine was the site of the first lighthouse established in Florida by the new, territorial, American Government in 1824.

Year first lit: first tower- 1737 - second tower -1974
Automated in 1955
Foundation: first tower - coquina, second tower - brick on coquina
Shape: first tower was square, second tower conical shaped
Height: first tower 52 feet, second tower 165 feet

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