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Name: Halfmoon Shoal Lighthouse replica  

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Nearest Town or City:
Texas City, Texas, United States

Location: Bay Street Park, (bounded by Bay Street to the west, the Hurricane Protection Levee to the east, 25 Avenue to the north, and the Dike Road to the south).

Managing Organization:
Texas City Recreation and Tourism

Telephone: 409-643-5990

Website: http://www.texas-city-tx.org/Bay%20Street%20Park.htm

Contact Address Information:
2010 5th Avenue North
Texas City
Texas, 77590,

Notes:
This is a scale-model replica of Halfmoon Shoal Lighthouse, which stood in Galveston Bay from 1854 to 1900. Inside the structure there are displays providing facts and photos of the Texas City bayshore facilities and wildlife. Funding for the replica was partially provided by the Rotary Club of Texas City, Texas City Rotary Foundation, and Texas Parks & Wildlife Department.

This light is not operational

Date Present Tower Built: 1998

Current Use: Visitor center in park.

Open To Public? Yes.


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