The Lighthouse serves more than 1,400 adults and children each year from Baldwin, Escambia, Monroe and Conecuh Counties with a variety of issues related to domestic violence and sexual assault. The organization is committed to preventing abuse and promoting justice through prevention, intervention and advocacy. The agency is a non-discriminatory, equal opportunity agency partially supported by the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, Victims of Crime Act, Violence Against Women Act and Department of Public Health. The agency also is a member in good standing of the Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence and the Alabama Coalition Against Sexual Assault.
Mobile Point Lighthouse, in storage since 2003, could be resurrected later this year thanks to an influx of lease tax dollars from Baldwin County. The association says it’s a chance to “light up the past, to enlighten our future.”
In 2009, the state conducted a year-long analysis of the notion of moving Middle Bay Lighthouse to Battleship Memorial Park. At a series of public meetings in Mobile and Baldwin counties, comments for and against the proposal were heard. During the study, consultants and engineers assessed the structural condition of the lighthouse and cabin structure above water, and estimated restoration costs.
The study determined that Middle Bay Lighthouse would need to be moved to Battleship Park for its survival, but that it wouldn’t impact its National Historic Landmark status, which was awarded in 1966. It’s been a fixture in the waters of Mobile Bay and Dauphin Island for more than 130 years.