If I miss my guess it was lit up for a fund raiser to repair and restore the light house.
(EDITED BY ME) The lighthouse has been in Amy Chase’s family since 1947, when her great uncle purchased it from the government…….
The lighthouse been through multiple hurricanes, including Hurricane Ike, and even survived the Texas City Blast. Chase said these happenings have taken a toll on the lighthouse.
“There was more and more deterioration to the top of the lighthouse and to the lighthouse,” Chase said. “So in 2015 my cousin, Michael Maxwell, started the Bolivar Point Lighthouse Foundation.”
The foundation was founded by Maxwell and Mark Boyt. Boyt and Maxwell are descendants of the first private owners of the Bolivar Point Lighthouse.
The nonprofit was created with the sole purpose of restoring the lighthouse and opening it up to the public for the first time ever.
According to Chase, their first order of business is to raise $150,000 to take the top of the lighthouse down. (Total funding for what needs to be done approx $5 million)
If you are interested in learning more please visit the Bolivar Port Lighthouse Foundation.
And Super Dave has not seen the Port Bolivar Lighthouse lit up before either.