Florida’s Faux Lighthouses

Built in the 1930s by industrialist Mark Honeywell, Boca Chita Lighthouse is a 65-foot ornamental tower overlooking the harbor at one of Biscayne National Park’s most visited islands.

The lighthouse-styled clubhouse at Everglades Isle serves as the social center of an adults-only motorcoach resort and marina in Everglades City.

The 50-foot white tower at Faro Blanco Resort has been a Marathon landmark since the 1950s and also serves as a privately maintained aid for the marina.

Green’s Light is a lighthouse-styled beach house on South Fletcher Avenue in Fernandina Beach, designed to bring a nautical silhouette to the Amelia Island shoreline.

A decorative black-and-white lighthouse marks the Harbor Cove Apartments property in Gainesville and is visible near Interstate 75 and West University Avenue.

HarborWalk Village’s ornamental lighthouse overlooks Destin Harbor as a nautical centerpiece for the waterfront district’s restaurants, shops, entertainment, and boating activities.

The decorative lighthouse at John’s Pass Village is a waterfront centerpiece surrounded by shops, restaurants, boat tours, and the boardwalk in Madeira Beach.

Katie’s Light is a New England-style beachfront vacation home in Fernandina Beach, distinguished by a lighthouse-inspired tower and wraparound coastal architecture.

A 35-foot replica of nearby Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse marks the waterfront restaurant property at 4940 South Peninsula Drive, now home to Hidden Treasures in Ponce Inlet.

A red-and-white decorative lighthouse identifies the Lighthouse Point shopping center near Tyrone Boulevard and Park Street in northwestern St. Petersburg.

Built in 1988 at Grantham Point Park, the 35-foot red-and-white Mount Dora Lighthouse is Florida’s only registered inland private aid to navigation.

Built in 1998, this large Santa Rosa Beach vacation home was modeled after New Orleans’ historic New Canal Lighthouse and includes five bedrooms beneath its lighthouse-style lantern.

Royal Harbor Lighthouse is a decorative community landmark in Tavares, Florida’s inland “Seaplane City,” where its nautical design complements the area’s many lakes.

St. Joseph Point Lighthouse is an authentic 1902 keeper’s dwelling that was removed from service, relocated twice, and meticulously restored as a private home near Port St. Joe.

This lighthouse-inspired landmark stands beside Lake Sumter at Lake Sumter Landing, bringing a nautical focal point to The Villages despite its inland Central Florida setting.

Built by Tampa Bay Watch in 2005, the Tierra Verde Lighthouse houses a marine education center while its Coast Guard-maintained light serves as a private aid to navigation.

A modern lighthouse landmark again marks Whale Harbor in Islamorada, replacing the coral-rock tower lost when the former restaurant property was redeveloped after a fire.