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For 30 days, no one offered to buy this Chesapeake Bay lighthouse. Then the first bid came in. And a second. And soon there was a bidding war for a lighthouse that can’t be used as a home or ...
There's no running water, no heat, no electricity. Once one gets past the romance of buying a historic Chesapeake Bay lighthouse, there's lead paint, asbestos and toxic benzene. Vandals broke down ...
Visitors can step back in time with guided tours of these lighthouses led by certified Chesapeake Bay storytellers. Storytelling is the best way to explore Maryland’s abundant history ...
SCOTLAND, Md. — The historic Point Lookout Lighthouse, located at the southern ... The lighthouse, situated where the Potomac River meets the Chesapeake Bay, underwent significant repairs ...
CHESAPEAKE BAY, Md. — The federal government is looking for a new owner to take over the Chesapeake Bay Hooper Island Lighthouse, located about four miles west of Middle Hooper Island in ...
So, painting the outside some crazy color probably wouldn’t fly, because any change to the exterior must be approved by the Maryland ... typified lighthouse constructions on the Chesapeake ...
Buying a 120-year-old Chesapeake Bay lighthouse ... which the federal government is currently auctioning off. The 1902 lighthouse, located west of Maryland’s Middle Hooper Island, sits in 18 feet of ...
You can be the first to bid on a 120-year-old Chesapeake Bay lighthouse ... which is part of Dorchester County, Maryland. The four-story caisson lighthouse was built in 1902, and juts more than ...
HOOPERSVILLE, Md. (AP) — The federal government has sold off a rather inhospitable lighthouse in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay for a six-figure sum after a bidding war at auction. The Hooper ...
A Chesapeake Bay lighthouse is up for auction ... three to four miles west of Middle Hooper Island in Maryland’s Dorchester County, and has no nearby dock at which a boat can moor, meaning ...