Sapelo Island Light

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{{Infobox lighthouse

| image = Sapelo Island Lighthouse, GA, US.jpg

| caption = Sapelo Island Light

| location = Darien, Georgia

| coordinates = {{coord|31.39127|-81.28568|display=inline,title}}

| yearbuilt = 1820

| yearlit = 1820

| automated =

| yeardeactivated = 1905 to 1998

| foundation =

| construction = Brick

| shape = Conical

| marking = 6 alternate red and white horizontal

| elevation =

| height = {{convert|80|ft|abbr=on}}

| currentlens =

| lens = Lewis lamp (1820)
Fourth-order Fresnel lens (1854)

| intensity =

| range =

| characteristic = Fixed white varied by a white flash every 45 s

| module = {{Infobox NRHP

| name = Sapelo Island Lighthouse

| embed = yes

| nrhp_type = hd

| nocat = yes

| image =

| caption =

| location = S end of Sapelo Island, S of University of Georgia Marine Institute, Sapelo Island, Georgia

| built = 1905

| architect = Winslow Lewis

| added = August 26, 1997

| area = {{convert|205.9|acre}}

| refnum = 97000335{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

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Sapelo Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Georgia,

United States, near the southern tip of Sapelo Island. It is the nation's second-oldest brick lighthouse and the oldest survivor among lighthouses designed by Winslow Lewis.[http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=326 LighthouseFriends] The lighthouse, oil building, the cistern, the footing of the 1905 light, the ruins of the fortification, and the associated range light were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

The lighthouse is a {{convert|65|ft|m|adj=on}} brick structure, about {{convert|30|ft|m}} in diameter at the base and {{convert|12|ft|m}} at the top. Its brick walls are several feet thick at the bottom, tapering to about two feet thick at the top.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=97000335}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Sapelo Island Lighthouse |publisher=National Park Service|author=Kenneth H. Thomas Jr. |author2=Richard Cloues |date=March 3, 1997 |accessdate=January 28, 2017 }} with {{NRHP url|id=97000335|photos=y|title=eight photos}}