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- Since the NHLPA program’s inception in 2000, over 150 lighthouses have been conveyed to new owners, including 81 lights to local governments and nonprofit entities through no-cost transfers and about 70 sold via public auction, which raised over $10 million dollars for the USCG to reinvest in its Aids to Navigation mission.
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May 26, 2023 · If a new owner is not found through the NOA process, the lighthouse is offered for competitive sale to the public by GSA through an online auction. This year, GSA has issued NOAs for six historic lighthouses in five states. Lynde Point Lighthouse, Old Saybrook, Connecticut; Nobska Lighthouse, Falmouth (Woods Hole), Massachusetts
Aug 7, 2023 · To date, more than 150 lighthouses have been sold or transferred out of federal ownership, with 81 transferred at no cost to eligible entities, and 70 sold by auction to the public, generating about $10 million.
May 28, 2023 · Since the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act was passed in 2000, allowing the government to transfer lighthouse ownership, more than 150 lighthouses have gone to new owners,...
Since the NHLPA program’s inception in 2000, 113 lights have been transferred to eligible entities. Public bodies, including not-for-profit organizations, received 64 percent of the lights (72 lights) through stewardship transfers, while 36 percent (41 lights) were conveyed through public sales, generating over $5.6 million. In 2014:
In 2004, nine lights were conveyed to new public stewards—the highest number of stewardship transfers in a single year in the program’s history. In 2005, GSA sold the first three lights through public sales (Figure 4). The number of public sales has only exceeded that of stewardship transfers in 2007.
May 26, 2023 · About 150 lighthouses have been transferred, 80 or so given away and another 70 auctioned, raising more than $10 million.
GSA works with the federal partner agencies (i.e. NPS and USCG) to determine which lighthouses will be available for conveyance to new stewards. GSA issues Notices of Availability to inform the public about these properties.
