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Round Island Lighthouse |
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Round Island Lighthouse |
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Lighthouse
Jurisdiction and Keeper Identifications
| Secretary of Treasury | 1789-1792 |
| Secretary of Treasury Revenue Commission | 1792-1820 |
| Secretary of Treasury Fifth Auditor | 1820- |
| Original Round Island Lighthouse Constructed | 1833 |
| Keeper - Curtis Lewis | 1839-1839 |
| Keeper - Charles Quandrill | 1839-1846 |
| Keeper - William Taylor | 1846-1853 |
| Lighthouse Board Created | 1852 |
| Keeper - Lemuel Childress | 1853-1855 |
| Original Lighthouse Recommended to be Abandoned | 1855 |
| Appropriations for New Lighthouse by Congress | 1856 |
| Keeper - Lewish Fisheries | 1855-1865 |
| New Lighthouse Constructed | 1859 |
| Keeper - Louis Henry Fisher | 1855-1865 |
| Keeper - Joe Duggois | 1865-1865 |
| Keeper - Edwin Bailer | 1865-1870 |
| Keeper - Charles Anderson | 1870-1872 |
| Keeper - Mrs. Margaret Anderson | 1872-1881 |
| Keeper - Mary Anderson | 1881-1881 |
| Keeper - John Murray | 1881-1896 |
| Keeper - Robert Dimitry | 1896-1904 |
| Keeper - Thornwald Hansen | 1904-1907 |
| Keeper - Mrs. Mary Hansen | 1907-1907 |
| Keeper - Mathlas Streckert | 1907-1909 |
| Lighthouse Board Devolved | 1910 |
| Keeper - Nirls Nilsru | 1909-1911 |
| Keeper - John Portman | 1911 |
| Keepers Unknown from 1911 to 1949 | |
| Bureau of Lighthouses - Department of Commerce | 1913-1939 |
| U.S. Coast Guard - Treasury Department | 1939-1954 |
| Decommissioned - Maintained as Day Beacon | 1944 |
| Keeper - Daniel Childress | 1949-1953 |
| Keeper - Lewis Henry Fisher | 1953- |
| Abandoned as Day Beacon | 1954 |
| Declared as Excess Property by General Service Administration | 1955 |
| Destroyed by Hurricane Georges' | 1998 |
