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From The Times Herald
http://www.news-herald.com/articles/201 ... 598503.txt
"The "Grand River-west lighthouse" designation is used because people have confused it with the lighthouse that is actually found in Fairport Harbor when the term "Fairport Harbor lighthouse" is applied. By noting it as being found on the west breakwater at the mouth of the Grand River the structure is better identified and helps to avoid confusion as to where the two lighthouses are, in fact, located."
In 2005, the Fairport Harbor West Breakwater Lighthouse, deemed excess by the Coast Guard, was offered at no cost to eligible entities, including federal, state, and local agencies, non-profit corporations, and educational organizations under the provisions of the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000. The application period was extended, but no qualified taker was found, so the lighthouse was auctioned off by the General Services Administration. The auction began on September 28, 2009 and closed a month later on October 29, after ten bids were received by six different parties, with the winning bid of $77,000 being submitted by "samsloan." The winner was identified shortly thereafter as 87-year-old Mentor construction magnate Jerome Osborne, who apparently has a reputation for purchasing and restoring historic properties in the area.
In July of 2010, the General Services Administration declared Osborne’s purchase to be in default because he did not obtain a lease to use the federal breakwater adjoining the lighthouse. Osborne will lose his $10,000 deposit, and the lighthouse will be auctioned off again.
“Osborne defaults on lighthouse purchase,” Jeffrey L. Frischkorn, The News-Herald, July 20, 2010.
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