When the lighthouse was moved to this site in 1894, the Head Keeper's cottage, the First Assistant Keeper's cottage, and one storage building were also moved. Soon afterward, another storage building and a cottage for the Second Assistant Keeper were built, and by 1900 an oil storage building and a stable had been added. Until the water tower and pump were added in 1950, rainwater was caught and stored in cisterns under the houses. By about 1965, the keepers and their families were gone, and the Coast Guard was managing the lighthouse. Up until the mid 1960s, the Coast Guard and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers used the buildings as offices, but in 1967 they were no longer needed, and the buildings were used in a firefighting exercise and burned down. Historic launch complexes built in the 1950s and 1960s lie within one-half to 8 miles of the lighthouse. The first launch from Cape Canaveral was a Bumper rocket on July 24, 1950, from Launch Complex 3/4, one-half mile north of the lighthouse. Today, some of the launch complexes are still active and others are being refurbished for new programs, and the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse Foundation plans to rebuild the three Keepers' cottages. A replica of the Head Keeper's Cottage was constructed in 2019 and houses a museum and gift shop.