The Keepers House and Cottage is a photograph by D Hackett which was uploaded on January 23rd, 2015.
Title
The Keepers House and Cottage
Artist
D Hackett
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Photograph - Digital
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The Keepers House and Cottage by D Hackett
From the tops of the lighthouse I took this image looking down on the Keepers house and cottage.
The Lighthouse is St. Augustine's oldest surviving brick structure, and today the site is restored to colors and materials used the year 1888. In 1876, a brick light keeper's house was added to the property, a triplex that held two families and a young, single, 2nd assistant keeper, most often of Menorcan descent. Brick summer kitchens were added in 1886. In 1910 10,000 tourists visited the property. During World War II armed Coastguardsmen stood guard atop the tower, fixed jeeps in the 1836 garage and lived in a small barracks building. Light keepers' and their assistants lived and worked at the Light Station until the tower was automated in 1955. After that time Lamplighters lived off site, but also took over maintaining the buoys in the harbor.
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January 23rd, 2015
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