Cape Canaveral Lighthouse

Year Built

1859

Cost

$132,391

Type

Truncated cone

Height

151 feet

Location

One mile inland from Cape Canaveral

Automated Year

1960

First Lit

1868

Lens Type

First order Fresnel lens (1868–1993), DCB-224 (1993–)

Fog Signal

None

Year Deactivated

Avtive

Color

Black and white horizontal bands with black lantern room

Last Keeper - Date

Walter P. Ryan (1963 – at least 1964)

Description

The lighthouse requires reservations and special clearance to visit.

Brief History

•  Cape Canaveral Lighthouse was built, in part, to warn mariners of shoals that extended for twelve miles off the cape.
•  In 1885, the sea encroached 129 feet toward the lighthouse, leaving just 192 feet between it and the ocean.
•  Cape Canaveral Lighthouse was automated in 1967, and later that year its keeper’s dwellings were demolished.
•  A thorough restoration of the lighthouse was conducted by the Coast Guard starting in late 1995.
•  On October 10, 2017, the Brevard County Commissioners approved $500,000 for construction of the first replica keeper’s cottage at Cape Canaveral Lighthouse.