Always Wanted To Buy A Lighthouse? Now You Can

Hasn't everyone dreamed about living in a lighthouse, manning the lights and horns for ships off the coast? If you fancy unusual real estate and don't mind a fixer-upper from 1874, there is a lighthouse in Connecticut up for auction.

This lighthouse is technically government real estate for sale. It's historic, picturesque, and scream New England. It is listed with the GSA, or General Services Administration. The GSA offers federal property for sale, including open land and office buildings.

(GSA Auctions - real estate, land, and lighthouses along with other government-owned excess property.)

This lighthouse that they have up for auction is still in use - the foghorn and light beacon for ship safety. It doesn't get more authentic than that. Plus, it's only accessible by boat.

"The Property remains an active Federal Aid to Navigation (ATON) with red flashing lights for both emergency and primary use, and fog horns that have a range of one nautical mile." (realestatesales.gov)

The GSA doesn't sound very interesting - until you find cool stuff like a lighthouse for auction. In the interest of full disclosure, this property looks pretty rough around the edges on the inside. But it's a historic lighthouse! How cool!

"The Penfield Reef Lighthouse (the Property) is an 1874 Second Empire Style historic structure located one mile off Bridgeport's Black Rock Harbor and is accessible only by boat.

The property features a 51-foot octagonal light tower atop a two-story keeper's quarters (1,568 sf), set on a concrete foundation with rip-rap, a pier, and a boat landing." (realestatesales.gov)

The starting bid was $100,000 and bidding can continue with $10,000 increases. The bidding for this lighthouse ends on August 12th, 2025.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 12, 1990.

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