Area television stations reported that the lighthouse was installed within the past week near where the boy died at the Florida resort.
RELATED: Gator pulls child into water near Disney resort in Orlando
Last year, an alligator grabbed little Lane Graves, who was playing along the Seven Seas Lagoon beach outside Disney's Grand Floridian Resort and Spa. The child's father, Matt Graves of Omaha, jumped into the water to try to free his son, whose body was found 16 hours later. His death was ruled an accident.