St. John's Lighthouse - U.S. Naval Station, Mayport. FL - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

The very first St. John's River Light was built in 1830. It didn't last long before storm surges weakened the base supporting the structure. In 1835, the old tower was torn down and a new one was built. This one was built a little farther upriver from the site of the original tower.

By the 1850s this second tower was deemed unusable. Not due to erosion this time, but just the opposite. Sand had collected on the dune line near the tower making the light much harder for mariners to see. The third lighthouse the Government would build would last. When the lighthouse in the picture above was built, it would be 60 feet tall and house a third-order Fresnel lens. Following the Civil War, the tower would be raised 15 feet to its current height of 81 feet.

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Street address: U.S. Naval Station Mayport , FL United States County / Borough / Parish: Duval Year listed: 1976 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1850-1874, 1875-1899 Historic function: Transportation Current function: Vacant/Not In Use Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Privately owned?: Not Listed Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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