Buying a pirate ship houseboat? Tired. Buying a 120-year-old Chesapeake Bay lighthouse? Wired.
On your list labeled “Things I Didn’t Know I Needed Until I Saw Them on the Internet,” add the Hooper Island Lighthouse,. The 1902 lighthouse, located west of Maryland’s Middle Hooper Island, sits in 18 feet of water and rises 63 feet above the bay. Bidding starts at $15,000.
But before you begin romanticizing about your future as a monastic lighthouse keeper, a few caveats: You can’t live there,—the government is just looking for a steward. You also have to provide access to the US Coast Guard, as it’s an active lighthouse. You must ensure it meets guidelines for historic preservation, and you won’t own the land below the lighthouse—only the structure itself.
All these rules might be why no one has bid on the lighthouse since the auction opened on August 8. Or maybe we all saw what happened to Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe inFor those looking to add “lighthouse keeper” to their LinkedIn—you have until September 21, when the auction closes.
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