The US Basic Companies Administration is freely giving lighthouses to non-profits, academic organizations, and different teams who will look after them. GPS know-how has made the beacons largely out of date however the constructions are traditionally important and sometimes well-liked vacationer locations. Along with the freebies, the GSA can also be auctioning off lighthouses in Cleveland, Ohio (above); Fairfield, Connecticut; Lengthy Island Sound; and elsewhere. Beforehand, among the lighthouses offered have been remodeled into personal properties. From The Guardian:
The GSA has been transferring possession of lighthouses since Congress handed the Nationwide Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act in 2000. About 150 lighthouses have been transferred, 80 or so given away and one other 70 auctioned, elevating greater than $10m.
This yr, six lighthouses are being supplied for gratis to federal, state or native authorities businesses, non-profits, academic organizations or different entities which can be prepared to keep up and protect them and make them publicly accessible for academic, leisure or cultural functions[…]
“Some are already maintained by non-profits, and people businesses may have the chance to use to proceed doing do,” [the GSA’s John] Kelly mentioned.
If a brand new proprietor is just not discovered, the lighthouse is obtainable for aggressive bidding at public sale.
