The New London Harbor Lighthouse, AKA the "Pequot Ave. Light" is Connecticut's oldest and tallest lighthouse. Commissioned in 1760, the light was financed by the sale of lottery tickets considered to be a popular "non-tax" at the time. ( Although All lotteries are in fact a tax on the mathematically challenged.) Currently the keeper's house is privately owned and the facility is difficult to visit as the lighthouse is surrounded by private property with no public right of way. Perhaps the winning lottery prize was your own lighthouse??
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