It was listed in an article in Time on light houses that have been restored to bed and breakfast facilities.
An observational flight the day after the storm, August 28, 2011, showed that the tower had no visible damage from the impact. In August 2011, the Frying Pan Tower was directly hit by Hurricane Irene with measured winds of 67 mph (108 km/h) and waves of 28 ft (8.5 m). However, the company failed to make the down payment, and subsequently the tower returned to government hands and was sold again in August 2010 for $85,000 to a private individual, Richard Neal of Charlotte, North Carolina. The Coast Guard considered demolishing the light for use as an artificial reef, but instead held an online auction where the winning bid was by a South Carolina diving and research firm Shipwrecks, Inc. The station was ultimately decommissioned in 2004, owing to the advent of GPS systems on ships making the facility obsolete. In 1966, the light tower was built, and was staffed year-round by a four-person crew until the operation of the light was automated in 1979.
The shoals have been patrolled by a lightboat since 1854 by the United States Coast Guard. The 80-foot (24 m) light tower marks the shoals at the confluence of the Cape Fear River and the Atlantic Ocean. The light tower is modeled after a steel oil drilling platform, known as a " Texas Tower", on top of four steel legs that was engineered to be used as a lighthouse housing several Coast Guard members. The tower is currently privately owned and was formerly a bed and breakfast retreat, and is noted for its survival through several significant tropical storms. 33☂9.107′N 77☃5.394′W / 33.485117°N 77.589900°W / 33.485117 -77.589900įrying Pan Shoals Light Tower is a decommissioned lighthouse located on the Frying Pan Shoals approximately 39 miles (63 km) southeast of Southport, North Carolina, and 32 miles (51 km) from Bald Head Island, North Carolina.
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