Ludlam's Beach Lighthouse

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Ludlam's Beach Lighthouse was constructed in 1885 in Sea Isle City, New Jersey, on Ludlam Island, and activated on November 3rd of that year. It was built after Charles K. Landis, the founder of Sea Isle City, requested a light because of several shipwrecks off the island. The light was an L-shaped, two-story, structure with a square light tower on top, located at 31st Street and the Boardwalk until 1924.

In 1923, a fire was started when the keeper's dog knocked over a kerosene lantern, destroying the roof and the light. The structure was moved to 35th Street and Landis Avenue in 1924 and sold as a private residence. There is currently a city-backed movement to move and restore this structure as a museum in the near future. The original lighthouse replaced by a steel tower on the beach, which was destroyed in 1962 by a Nor'easter. On the 31st Street beach today, the original site is under about two feet of water, but pieces of brick and concrete can still be found at low tide, and after storms at low tide, posts from the structure's wooden seawall can be seen.