The soft deadline for the GSA’s auction of Florida’s Sand Key Lighthouse has been set. It will be November 17, at 2:00 p.m. Central Time.
The Florida Keys Reef Lights Foundation wants to buy and preserve it. They are asking for donations for the final push.
The best place to donate online is PayPal on the website at www.reeflights.org
If you want to write a check make it out to F K R L F and please send to: FKRLF, c/o Eric S. Martin, 1067 Drift Creek Cove, Orlando, FL 32828
Questions? Call Eric at 407-341-7374 if you get voicemail please leave a message. Or email Eric at ericlighthouse@yahoo.com
Jeremy D’Entremont is the author of more than 20 books and hundreds of articles on lighthouses and maritime history. He is the president and historian for the American Lighthouse Foundation and founder of Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouses, and he has lectured and narrated cruises throughout the Northeast and in other regions. He is also the producer and host of the U.S. Lighthouse Society podcast, “Light Hearted.” He can be emailed at Jeremy@uslhs.org