page_title: Frank's Island Light
hierarchical_section_title: Frank's Island Light
caption_attribution_description: Frank's Island Lighthouse, design by Winslow Lewis, 1823 This lighthouse was built at "Frank's Island" or "Frank Island", in Louisiana at the mouth of the Mississippi River, in 1823, replacing an earlier lighthouse at the site which had collapsed due to foundation problems. This lighthouse served through 1856; Frank Island was eroded away by the 1950s, and the ruins of the old lighthouse collapsed in 2002.
context_page_description: The Frank's Island Light was an early lighthouse in Louisiana, marking the entrance channel to the Mississippi River from the delta. Conceived of as a grand monument, it suffered from construction issues and was eventually abandoned as the channel it marked was supplanted by other routes.
context_section_description: The Frank's Island Light was an early lighthouse in Louisiana, marking the entrance channel to the Mississippi River from the delta. Conceived of as a grand monument, it suffered from construction issues and was eventually abandoned as the channel it marked was supplanted by other routes.
caption: HABS drawing of Frank's Island Light as built
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