Lighthouse auction delivers dreams, suspense UNDATED (AP) -- Four Virginia lighthouses put on the auction
block by the federal government are now in private hands.
The beacons will still warn ships away from shallow water, but
they'll also have private addresses.
One will be a family retreat and a front-row seat for sailing
regattas. Another will a tourist attraction.
The four were put up for sale in late August and auction wrapped
up on October 21st.
According to the General Services Administration, the Newport
News Middleground lighthouse -- near the mouth of the James River
-- sold for 31-thousand dollars to Robert Gonsoulin of
Williamsburg, whose family will use it for retreats.
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The Thimble Shoal lighthouse is near the Chesapeake Bay
Bridge-Tunnel and sold for 65-thousand dollars to Peter Jurewicz of
Smithfield. He's not sure what he'll do with it.
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The Wolf Trap lighthouse, in the Chesapeake Bay near Mathews
County, sold for 75-thousand dollars to Nick Korstad of North
Plains, Oregon. He wants to make it a tourist attraction.
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The Smith Point lighthouse, in the Bay near the Potomac River,
sold for 170-thousand dollars to David McNally. The G-S-A released
only his name.
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