 The keeper's house decayed and was torn down in 1972.The structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 2, 2002 as Turkey Point Light Station.In 2000 the light was decommissioned and leased to Turkey Point Light Station (TPLS) Inc., a non-profit organization which has taken over maintenance of the structure; the group reactivated the light as a private aid to navigation in 2002.