Then he saw the auction for the Hooper Island Lighthouse, affectionately called the “sparkplug” by locals, in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay, three to four miles west of Middle Hooper Island ...

A Chesapeake Bay lighthouse is up for auction. So far, no one has bid on it. September 2, 2022 More than ...

To call it a fixer-upper would be generous. There’s no running water, no heat, no electricity.Once one gets past the romance of buying a historic Chesapeake Bay lighthouse, there’s lead paint ...

A lonely lighthouse built in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay in 1902 has a new owner whose identity has not been revealed. The federal government started an online auction of the Hooper Island ...

HOOPERSVILLE, Md. (AP) — The federal government has sold off a rather inhospitable lighthouse in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay for a six-figure sum after a bidding war at auction.

For sale: a 102-year-old lighthouse in Chesapeake Bay. Needs lots of TLC. Starting bid: $15,000.

The federal government has sold off a rather inhospitable lighthouse in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay for a six-figure sum after a bidding war at auction. The Hooper Island Lighthouse, located w… ...

Nobody wants it.Not the nonprofits or preservationists. Not education agencies or community development groups or fishermen or lighthouse enthusiasts.Maybe that’s because the price for the ...

“Odd Chesapeake Bay lighthouse sells for absurd sum at auction,” a website mocked. The buyer remained a mystery until the clerk of court for Dorchester County recorded the deed on Dec. 27.

Maybe that's because the price tag for the Hooper Island Lighthouse is $15,000, a buyer would have to spend considerable money fixing it up, and, according to the listing, ...

Maybe that’s because the price for the Hooper Island Lighthouse is $15,000, and because a buyer would have to spend a considerable amount of money fixing it up, and on top of which, according to ...