Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 272, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1912 — Use For Old Lighthouses [ARTICLE]

Use For Old Lighthouses

South Jerseymen have discovered a way of making practical use of an old lighthouse, so that if you have any old lighthouses in ycur possession here is a hint which may be cf value In turning the same to profitable account. The circular building Is the baF 4of the second lighthouse eroded on Cape May Point, and it Is now dr;rig excellent service as a stable. Visitors

to the present lighthouse, If they are of an explorative turn of mind, will see this strange structure, and If not Informed as to Its history will marvel that a stable should be built in such a shape, with walls four feet thick, of solid brick. The explanation is that when the second lighthouse was replaced by the present structure the older one was ordered to be torn down.

but the base was left, and has been since used for a stable. The foundations of the first lighthouse may occasionally be Been on the sand not far away, although these stones are usually covered with the water.