Sand Key Lighthouse, Sand Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

NEW SEARCH

HELP

ABOUT COLLECTION

Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey

8 b&w photos
6 data pages
1 photo caption pages Supplemental Material

How to obtain copies of this item

TITLE:
Sand Key Lighthouse, Sand Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

CALL NUMBER:
HABS FLA,44-KEY,17-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 8 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 5 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1933.

CREATOR:
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HABS FL-189

Building/structure dates: 1853 initial construction

Building/structure dates: 1874 subsequent work

Significance: This is one of the most important lights on the coast of the United States. It was first lighted on July 20, 1853, and is the second oldest of the six iron screw pile light houses which extend from Fowey Rocks to Sand Key to mark off-shore keys, shoals, and reefs which are hazardous to coastal shipping. It is the only one of these lights not standing entirely in water. J.W.P. Lewis, one of the most noted American designers of lighthouses, designed the structure. The lighthouse possesses both historical and technological interest.

SUBJECTS:
FLORIDA--Monroe County--Key West
navigation
lighthouses

COLLECTION:
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.fl0146

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. NORTH CORNER
2. DETAILS OF FOOTING, PERIPHERAL
3. DETAILS OF FOOTING (CENTRAL TIE POINT)
4. DETAILS OF BALUSTRADE
5. Photocopy of color postcard Photographer unknown, ca. 1907 LIGHTHOUSE AND WEATHER BUREAU STATION
6. Photocopy of photograph (from National Archives) U.S. Coast Guard Photograph no. 26-LG-33-19, before 1893 'SAND KEY LT. STA., FLA.'
7. Photocopy of Photograph (from National Archives) U.S. Coast Guard Photograph no. 26-LG-33-17, dated Feb. 11, 1893 LIGHTHOUSE
8. Photocopy of topographical drawing (from National Archives) Delineator unknown, dated Aug. 27, 1853 'SKETCH OF SAND KEY FLORIDA'

CONTROL #:
FL0146

NEW SEARCH HELP ABOUT COLLECTION