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Lansing Shoal Lighthouse offered through a federal auction, 2017

Also Lansing Shoal Lighthouse auction 2017

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TypeEvent
Date2017-10-02
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Date
2017-10-02
Kind
Government disposition
Where
Lansing Shoal Light Station
Carried out by
organization/general-services-administration
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
maritimeshippingpreservationgovernment
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

In October 2017, a Beaver Island Forum notice reported that Lansing Shoal Lighthouse was being offered through a General Services Administration auction. The notice gave a reported high bid of $10,000 and a 21-day period to purchase the property.

Evidence limits

This record preserves the forum’s contemporaneous relay of the auction listing. It does not establish whether the auction closed, who acquired the lighthouse, or whether the reported bid represented a completed sale.

Sources

  1. The post linked to the GSA auction and reported a high bid of $10,000 and a 21-day purchase period. The forum copy is a relay of the auction listing; it does not establish the final bidder, sale completion, or later ownership.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 12 · t012376

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Lansing Shoal Lighthouse offered through a federal auction, 2017”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/lansing-shoal-light-station-gsa-auction-2017/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Lansing Shoal Lighthouse being auctioned,” October 2, 2017..

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