 It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 and declared a Mississippi Landmark in 1987.On March 3, 1847, the United States Congress authorized $12,000 for the construction of a lighthouse at Biloxi.The United States Department of the Treasury let a contract, dated October 15, 1847, to the Baltimore foundry of Murray and Hazlehurst to build an iron lighthouse for $6,347.00.