I heard about (and found photos online) of this building several years ago. I keep hoping it will be saved, in a way that it isn't destroyed. No luck so far. Here are more photos I found, from inside. Not sure of the original source. Likely they have been reposted several times already.
In the 1920s, a lighthouse keeper was assigned to the island with his wife and five year old daughter. The lighthouse was used to warn boats of the treacherous currents surrounding Snake Island.
During one supply trip, the crew found the lighthouse abandoned and the door left open. Eventually the family was found, dead, along a path to the hillside. Legend has it that despite protective walls around the lighthouse, a snake had gotten in.
To this day, many who visit the island claim to hear a young girl's faint laughter floating on the wind.From – Discover, Treasure Quest.
The following was cut and pasted from the archives of another site. Pretty much the same information from both sources.
Save Outdoor Sculpture! (SOS!) is a program committed to the
preservation and celebration of America's outdoor sculptures. SOS! works
to generate appreciation, enthusiasm, and a sense of ownership for
America's largest collection of art and to promote outdoor sculpture as
an education resource.
Nationwide, nearly 7,000 volunteers
collected information about the history and condition of their
communities' public sculpture. Unfortunately, they discovered that much
of America's outdoor sculpture is at risk. More than half of the 32,000
public sculptures documented by SOS! volunteers needed conservation or
maintenance.
Before billboards advertising (names of businesses most often rather than ads as we think of them now) was painted on the sides of buildings.
