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Managing Organization:
Private owner
Notes:
This lighthouse is almost identical to Smith Point Light. It was offered to a qualified new owner under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000, but there were no applicants and the lighthouse was sold to Nick Korstad of North Plains, OR, for $75,000 through an auction in October 2005. It was sold in 2006 to James H. Southard, Jr. of Charleston, South Carolina, for $115,000. The aids to navigation equipment is still maintained by the Coast Guard. It was then sold to Richard Cucé in March 2023 for $125,000. Tower Height: 52 Height of Focal Plane: 52 Characteristic and Range: White flash every 15 seconds. Description of Tower: Red, square brick tower on roof of keeper's quarters. Listed on the Lighthouse Digest Doomsday List of endangered lighthouses.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
Integral red, octagonal two-story brick keeper's dwelling. Earlier Towers?
1821: Onshore tower; 1821-1870: lightships; 1870: screwpile lighthouse (destroyed by ice in 1892). Date Established: 1821 Date Present Tower Built: 1894 Date Automated: 1971 Optics: 1894: Fourth order Fresnel lens, now Vega VRB-25 solar-powered optic. Current Use: Active aid to navigation. Open To Public? No. Directions:
Accessible by boat only. Mapquest URL: Click here to get a map to this lighthouse!
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