 In December 2007, "Lighthouse Digest" included a brief article with the title "Avery Point added to Doomsday List" after rumors of it being torn down were reported.The article included two images that show the blocked off lighthouse with its crumbling bricks and a sign reading "Keep Out Hazardous Area".In 1999, fund-raising began to save and restore the lighthouse through the American Lighthouse Foundation (ALF) and in 2000 through the Avery Point Lighthouse Society (APLS), a chapter of the ALF.