Historic Structure Report: Dry Tortugas Light Station, Keeper's Residence
Lord, Aeck & Sargent Architecture. 2009. Historic Structure Report: Dry Tortugas Light Station, Keeper's Residence. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
The Dry Tortugas Keeper’s Residence was constructed in 1922-23 to provide much-needed residential living space for the principal lighthouse keeper and his family during a period of modernizing the Light Station. The Keeper’s Residence was one of several structures built to accommodate the light keepers, their families and the equipment and supplies necessary to maintain the Lighthouse and support habitation in this remote location. The Keeper’s Residence housed keepers and USCG personnel from its initial construction through the mid-1980s when the Lighthouse optic was automated, eliminating the need for continual occupation of the site. The decision to automate the lamp was made after the rotating mechanism of the existing second-order lens was damaged during repairs to the Lantern. This report contains the developmental history and recommendations for the site’s treatment and use.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Lord, Aeck & Sargent Architecture
- Date of Issue
- 2009
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- DRTO , HIST , SER
- Keywords
- Architecture, Construction, Cultural Resources, Dry Tortugas Light Station, ehistory, History, Hurricane, Keeper's Residence, lighthouse, National Park Service, Navigation, Preservation, Spanish American War, United States Coast Guard
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 091388: Dry Tortugas Light Station Keeper's Residence