As a result of continuing erosion at the foot of the tower caused by the swift current in the river, the footings of the tower became so severely undermined that the tower finally toppled to the ground during one of Huron's infamous November storms in 1828. Congress acted swiftly, and on April 2nd of 1829, appropriated $8,000 for the construction of a new, improved lighthouse.

    Reconstruction was completed in December 1828. The new lighthouse was 74 feet in height, and 25 feet in diameter,