North Brevard History - Titusville, Florida Cape Canaveral Lighthouse Historic Photographs The first lighthouse on Cape Canaveral was a 65' brick tower completed in 1848. Since its light could only be seen from 10 miles at sea, construction of the present lighthouse began in 1859 and was completed in 1868. When assembled in 1868, the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse was the largest iron tower on the East Coast. The tower is 151' tall and the visual range is 22 nautical miles. During 1893-1894 it was disassembled and moved due to erosion and now stands about one mile inland from the eastern tip of the Cape. The lighthouse is owned by the 45th Space Wing U.S. Air Force and is the only operational lighthouse in the United States that is owned by the U.S. Air Force. Weekly Canaveral Lighthouse Tours Canaveral Tours offers weekly excursion in small groups to tour The Canaveral Lighthouse, Historic Spaceflight Launch Complexes and exploration of Spaceflight programs. Tours are 3 1/2 hours and offered weekly. Check Calendar for available dates and times. Custom and private group tours are also available. Details and booking can be found at www.CanaveralLighthouse.Tours, by phone at 321-307-2900 and email at Contactus@Canaveral.Tours. Yvonne Thornton's lighthouse pictures Lighthouse Complex circa 1920 Florence Honeywell, Gertie & Ray Swanson Capt. Clinton P. Honeywell Clinton P. Honeywel as young man Honeywell Family - Clinton, Sr. and Gertrude, Gertie, Budd Delia Wilson Florence Honeywell, Ages 9, 19 and 88 Ranson children Florence-Honeywell,-age-9 Florence-Honeywell-age-19 11-Florence Honeywell Patrick, age 88 Lighthouse Keepers Cottage Florence Honeywell-James Patrick courting in Lighthouse Clinton Honeywell jr on bolts of Lighthouse Picnic in 1940s at Old Site--Florence-Patrick-Gertie Six Flags of different fabric to test salt air Malvina Cook Honeywell - Clinton's mother in Baltimore MD Lighthouse Honeywell-children: Gertie-8, Florence-6 Florence Honeywell sitting on cistern Gertrude & Clinton Honeywell with turtles Gertrude Honeywell with turtle Gertrude Honeywell on far right Frances-Burnham & Henry-Wilson Best Friends: Virginia Key & Florence Honeywell Virginia Key: descendant of Francis- Scott Key Gertrude Honeywells shell handiwork Survivors of Albert Sopha shipwreck at Lighthouse storage Cat- named Albert - given Honeywell children by shipwreck crew Unknown hunters Maybe Robert Burns in straw hat Unknown family portrait Clinton & Gertrude Honeywell with baby Gertie Gertrude Honeywell & Buddy Clinton Buddy Honeywell, Jr in Navy with rifle Clinton-Honeywell on far right Clinton Honeywell on visitors motorcycle Visitors to Lighthouse - Honeywell Quarterman Henry Wilson: first Postmaster at Cape Canaveral Frances Burnham Wilson Florence Wilson Quarterman Bus-at Cape Canaveral Unknown portrait Gertrude Honeywell Swanson in hand made hat & dress Husband & Virginia Key and Florence Honeywell Patrick Gertrude Honeywell Swanson husband, Virginia Key & Florence Honeywell Patrick Lighthouse in 1960s Gertrude Wilson Honeywell on horse Clinton Honeywell with Black Bear Fish Camp at Cape Canaveral Capt. Clinton Honeywell Lighthouse Complex Lighthouse -- maybe water tower Lighthouse O.F. Quarterman(2) and Clinton Honeywell (5) with visitors Florence Honeywell Patrick - Buddy Honeywell, Gertie Honeywell Delia Wilson with pet dogs Florence-Honeywell: in high school Florence Honeywell: Cocoa High graduation photo - 1929 Florence Honeywell (4) in Cocoa High yearbook THE COCO Maybe high school play ALL OF A SUDDEN PEGGY with Florence Lighthouse with Minuteman rocket launch Florence-Honeywell-Cocoa-High-graduation-photo-1929 Cape Canaveral Pier Clinton Buddy Honeywell built tricycle Young Florence Honeywell and sister Gertie Honeywell Young Florence Honeywell Clinton Buddy Honeywell with family collie- dog Ben CAPE CANAVERAL LIGHTHOUSE On May 21, 1838, Florida Territorial delegate Charles Downing requested a lighthouse be built on Cape Canaveral. The first lighthouse completed in Jan. 1848 stood 65-feet tall, had a 55 foot tower and a 10-foot lantern room equipped with 15 lamps on 21-inch reflectors. The brick tower and keeper's home cost under $13,300. Nathaniel Scobie oversaw construction and appointed the first keeper. With the advent of the Civil War, S. Mallory, Confederate Navy Secretary, ordered Florida east coast lighthouses "extinguished." Keeper Mills Burnham removed the lamp and buried it in his orange grove. A state-of-the-art, 151-foot iron tower was erected in 1868 and topped with a 1st Order Fresnel lens. The tower's living quarters were used for storage and a weather station. In 1871 a storm surge washed over the lighthouse area spoiling lamp oil and drinking water. This and shoreline erosion caused the lighthouse to be moved. From Oct. 1893 to Jul. 1894 the tower was dismantled, moved by tram one mile inland and re-erected, along with a 1st and 2nd assistant's and keeper's homes, to its present location. In 1939 the Coast Guard took ownership. In 2000 stewardship was transferred to the 45th Space Wing, Patrick Air Force Base. A FLORIDA HERITAGE SITE SPONSORED BY THE BREVARD COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION THE BREVARD COUNTY TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE F-628   2008 Provided May 23, 2013 by Eric Kucera, Volunteer Coordinator Cape Canaveral Lighthouse Foundation volcoordinator@canaverallight.org 321-452-6660 Cape Canaveral Lighthouse Foundation Air Force Space and Missile Museum Cape Canaveral Lighthouse 1844 Site Archaeological Survey Back to Titusville Florida area historical articles. 1/14/2017