Mahon River Lighthouse is a

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in Port Mahon, Delaware, on the west side of the mouth of the

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History

The original Mahon River Lighthouse built in 1903 and was a 2-story wood keeper's house with an octagonal lantern centered on the roof. It was discontinued in 1955, the same year as the current steel

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was lit. The 1903 lighthouse burned accidentally in 1984. The clubhouse of the Jonathan's Landing Golf Course in

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was built as a replica of the original lighthouse. The current tower is an active aid to navigation and not open to the public. and It was listed on the

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in 1979.

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* Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware Lighthouses completed in 1903 Lighthouses in Kent County, Delaware Historic American Buildings Survey in Delaware National Register of Historic Places in Kent County, Delaware {{Delaware-struct-stub