Historic Place

Matagorda Island Lighthouse

Port O'Connor · Calhoun County · Dedicated 1984 · THC Atlas #2084001624

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About this site

Matagorda Island Lighthouse is a historic place in Port O'Connor, Calhoun County, dedicated in 1984. It is one of 56 historic sites cataloged in Calhoun County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas.

The site sits at 28.3379, -96.4240 near Port O'Connor. The nearest cataloged historic site is Lighthouse Graves (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include H.W. Hawes Grave, Port OâConnor Cemetery, and Rasmussen, Andrew A..

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2084001624. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

The Matagorda Island Lighthouse is a 55-foot cast-iron tower first lit on December 21, 1852 to guide ships through Pass Cavallo into Matagorda Bay. Confederate forces damaged it during the Civil War, and in 1873 the tower was dismantled and rebuilt two miles inland using the original iron plates. It is Texas's oldest operational lighthouse, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, and is now managed by Texas Parks and Wildlife.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org history.uscg.mil lighthousefriends.com

📍 28.3379, -96.4240 · Port O'Connor, Calhoun County

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