West Quoddy Head Lighthouse, Maine

The original lighthouse was built in 1808.  The present one was built and lit with a third-order Fresnel lens in 1858, and automated in 1988. It is the easternmost lighthouse in the United States, near Lubec, Maine. It had been featured on a postage stamp.

Sand Island Lighthouse, Alabama

This lighthouse is located on the southernmost part of Alabama.  Because of considerable erosion, it is an endangered lighthouse.

Ship Island Lighthouse, Mississippi

Ship Island, not far from Biloxi and Gulfport, has an attractive lighthouse by Fort Massachusetts.  It was originally built in 1853 and used a whale oil lamp; but a Fresnel lens was installed in 1856.

The original lighthouse was destroyed during the Civil War; but it was replaced with a square tower afterwards.  In 1969 Hurricane Camille cut Ship Island in half; and a few years later the old lighthouse was destroyed.

Tybee Island Lighthouse, Georgia

This lighthouse is located by the Savannah River and is one of seven colonial era lighthouses still in place.  It underwent a series of reconstructions, and was first lit with a first-order Fresnel lens in 1867.  Prior to that time it used oil lamps.  In 1972 it was automated.  It's a darn good-looking lighthouse.