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TOLEDO HARBOR LIGHT SOCIETY FOUNDED The
Toledo Harbor Light Society was organized in 2003 with the purpose being to
establish, support and promote efforts in the preservation and restoration of
the Toledo Harbor Light; to achieve the safe keeping of the building,  artifacts
and records, to educate and inform the public on its history for all present and
future generations; and to raise awareness about the importance of volunteers in
maintaining and protecting the Toledo Harbor Light. We are happy to be
active members in this endeavor. Click
here to obtain more information or to join the society.
MAUMEE BAY STATE PARK RESORT KICKS OFF TENTH ANNIVERSARY WITH
UNVEILING OF OHIO’S NEWEST LIGHTHOUSE
OREGON, Ohio, March 19, 2001 – Maumee Bay State Park Resort &
Conference Center is the site of Ohio’s newest lighthouse, a nine-foot replica
of the historic 80-foot Toledo Harbor Lighthouse. The Toledo Harbor Lighthouse replica was created  by
Terry "Murphy" Murray, a northwest Ohio artist known for his exact
copies of lighthouses throughout the world. "Murphy is famous throughout
the country for the high quality of his replicas, and this remarkable structure
is no exception," said Patrick Czarny, regional general manager of Ohio
State Park Resorts. "Our newly renovated gift shop has a nautical theme and
the lighthouse is the functional centerpiece of the whole facility."
Czarny said the lighthouse has a working fog horn and light that will be
especially appealing to the resort’s youngest visitors. "It is our goal
to make the gift shop interactive and educational for a ll of our visitors,"
he said. "We will try to create as much of an experience as possible, right
down to the lighthouse-keeper costumes that will be worn by our sales
associates." The actual Toledo Harbor Lighthouse was created in 1904 and is operated by
the U.S. Coast Guard. Its purpose is to guide ships to Toledo’s port on the
Maumee River. It can be seen from the Lake Erie sea wall just steps from the
lodge. The nine-foot lighthouse
at the Maumee Bay State Park Resort & Conference Center took Murray
innumerable hours to create.
 The
lighthouse was unveiled during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday, March 19, at
2 p.m. Special guests included Murphy, Jack Schaeffer, a former coastguardsman
who tended the lighthouse in 1954, and Barney Quilter, a 28-year member of the
Ohio General Assembly and a driving force behind the development of Maumee Bay
State Park Resort.
LIGHTHOUSE VILLAGE CONDO ASSOCIATION ERECTS A 7-FOOT MODEL
OF THE HILLSBORO INLET LIGHTHOUSE
Pompano Beach, Florida, February 1, 2002 -
The Lighthouse
Village Condo Association in Pompano Beach, Florida proudly displays a 7-foot
replica of the Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse at the entrance to their beautiful
condominium village. Joe Russo, and other members of the Condo
Association, appear with Murphy and the newly erected lighthouse.
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ll of our visitors,"
he said. "We will try to create as much of an experience as possible, right
down to the lighthouse-keeper costumes that will be worn by our sales
associates." The actual Toledo Harbor Lighthouse was created in 1904 and is operated by
the U.S. Coast Guard. Its purpose is to guide ships to Toledo’s port on the
Maumee River. It can be seen from the Lake Erie sea wall just steps from the
lodge. The nine-foot lighthouse
at the Maumee Bay State Park Resort & Conference Center took Murray
innumerable hours to create.
