Ponce de Leon Inlet Light

Using bricks shipped from Baltimore, workers completed the 168-foot Ponce Inlet lighthouse south of Daytona Beach in 1887. The U.S. Coast Guard replaced the bright red tower's light in 1970 with a simple steel structure at the nearby Smyrna Dunes Coast Guard station. Over the years, however, the addition of several high-rise buildings rendered the Smyrna Dunes light ineffective, and the Ponce de Leon Inlet Light was recommissioned in 1983.