brick (foundation), brick (backing), cast iron (tower)
Automated
1941
Height
18.5 m (61 ft)
Shape
truncated cone
Markings
white (tower), black (balustrade)
Heritage
National Register of Historic Places listed place, Mississippi Landmark
Light
First lit
1848
Focal height
18.5 m (61 ft)
Lens
fourth order Fresnel lens (1848–), fifth order Fresnel lens (1926–)
Characteristic
Oc W 4s
Biloxi Lighthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Mississippi Landmark
Architect
Murray & Hazlehurst
NRHP reference No.
73001012
USMS No.
047-BLX-1175-NR-ML
Significant dates
Added to NRHP
October 3, 1973[2]
Designated USMS
June 10, 1987[1]
Biloxi Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Biloxi, Mississippi, adjacent to the Mississippi Sound of the Gulf of Mexico.[3] The lighthouse has been maintained by female keepers for more years than any other lighthouse in the United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973[2] and declared a Mississippi Landmark in 1987.[1]
^ ab"Mississippi Landmarks" (PDF). Mississippi Department of Archives and History. May 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 9, 2010. Retrieved May 10, 2009.
^ ab"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Mississippi". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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