Historical Society to Take Over Famed Landmark From Coast Guard; $3000 Sought for Restoration
Buffalo’s 127-year-old lighthouse is going to be open to the public on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
An agreement with the U. S. Coast Guard granting public access and transferring the history-filled structure to the Buffalo Historical Society will be signed “within a few days,” Dr. Wilbur H. Glover, director, said today.
A campaign to save the lighthouse, scheduled to be razed in 1958 because of relocation of the north harbor entrance, was led by the Historical Society and a group of citizens who formed the Committee for the Preservation of Buffalo Lighthouse. John S. N. Sprague and Chase Viele are co-chairmen.
The lighthouse is on Coast Guard property. The imminent agreement covering access and responsibility for maintenance will hasten restoration, now expected to be accomplished this summer.
Dr. Glover said $3000 is expected to cover essential structural work. About $250 has been donated. A campaign for public subscriptions is planned.
Routine maintenance, after repairs to the long-unused structure are completed, will be absorbed by the Historical Society budget, the director said.
