The Eldred Rock Lighthouse Preservation Association is one step closer to obtaining a lease from the U.S. Coast Guard after it received a $1,550 grant this month to help rehabilitate the dilapidated lighthouse that is on the 2019 Alaska Association for Historic Preservation’s list of Ten Most Endangered Historic Properties.
“The maritime history of this lighthouse and its resulting status on the National Registry of Historic Places cannot be understated, and it is likely the…