The Morris Island lighthouse is made out of stones and bricks. In 1767 it was only a few stones using pitch and oakum, later candles were used to light it. In 1837 the lighthouse was replaced by a new one that is 102 feet tall.
The lighthouse is off the southern coast and it was battered in 1885 and 1886 by a hurricane and an earthquake. It was still standing after both disasters!!!!!!!!!!!! It had a first order Fresnel lens that was destroyed during the Civil War.
Because of beach erosion, it now stands in the water of Charleston Harbour.