The lighthouse went out of commission about 10 years ago. Port Lavaca is planning to hire a full-time guide soon for visitors to its Halfmoon Reef lighthouse, built in 1858 in Matagorda Bay. It served until 1942 when it was damaged by a hurricane. It was moved and now sits in Port Lavaca. There's been interest in restoring lighthouses along the East Coast, Great Lakes and West Coast for a long time.
People love lighthouses.
They are a link to a romantic past. Texas once had a couple of dozen lighthouses. Now there are only eight. Bolivar Point lighthouse, which was decommissioned in 1933 and bought by the Boyt family of Devers in 1947. It is actually the third lighthouse at that site.