 In 1880 the old keeper's house was razed and rebuilt.The seawall was washed away and the tower threatened during a hurricane on October 1, 1893.The "New Orleans Daily Picayune" of October 21, 1893 noted that "At Biloxi Mrs. Younghans, the plucky woman who was in charge of the light, kept a light going all through the storm notwithstanding the fact that there were several feet of water in the room where she lived."