State: CALIFORNIA
Location: BETWEEN POINT ARENA & CAPE MENDOCINO
Nearest City: MENDOCINO
County: MENDOCINO
U.S.C.G. District: 11
Year Station Established: 1909
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| Photo By Jef Poskanzer |
NPS photo by Candace Clifford, 1992
Existing Historic Tower:
Year Light First Lit: 1909
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1973
Foundation Materials: CONCRETE
Construction Materials: WOOD
Markings/Patterns: WHITE BLDG/RED ROOF/BLK LENS ROOM & ROOF
Shape: OCTAGONAL ON FOG SIGNAL BLDG
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height: 47
Original Optic: THIRD ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1909
Present Optic: DCB-224 ON SIGNAL BLDG ROOF
Year Present Lens Installed: 1969
Height of Focal Plane: 84
Fresnel Lens Disposition: ENGLISH ROTATING "BULLSEYE" (CHANCE BROS. FRESNEL) LENS IN LANTERN
Previous Tower(s): N/A
Modern Tower? NO
Existing Sound Signal Building? YES
Year Constructed: 1909
Construction Materials: WOOD
Architectural Style: CAPE COD (ATTACHED)
Fog Signal Type:
Existing Keepers Quarters? YES
Year Constructed: 1908
Number of Stories: 1.5
Architectural Style: CRAFTSMAN
Construction Materials: WOOD FRAME
Other Structures: 3 GARAGES, BLACKSMITH/CARPENTER SHOP (1908), PUMPHOUSE, OIL HOUSE(1912), 2 ASST. KEEPERS DWELLINGS (1908), WATER TANK (POST 1909), PUMPHOUSE, LORAN MONITORING SYSTEM (ANTENNA)
Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION IN NATURE PRESERVE/UNDER RESTORATION
Owner/Manager: CALIFORNIA STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY/NORTH COAST INTERPRETIVE ASSOC.
Open to the Public? YES (Go to Lighthouses to Visit for access information)
Web Site: Link
National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #91001092
Name of Listing: POINT CABRILLO LIGHT STATION (LIGHT STATIONS OF CALIFORNIA MPS)
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:
HABS/HAER Documentation? NO
Miscellaneous:
COMPLETE 20TH CENTURY STATION WITH EXCEPTION OF THE BARN; PLANS FOR OPENING LIGHTHOUSE TO PUBLIC ON REGULAR BASIS IN 1999 AND REINSTALLING ORIGINAL LENS
Excellent profile information that could include two cottages (one is dog friendly) for rent, as is the First Lightkeepers House that augments the " 2 ASST. KEEPERS DWELLINGS (1908)," one of which is a period museum. Neither of the assistant keepers dwellings are for rent.
ReplyDeleteThe website at www.pointcabrillo.org provides information about the rentals, as well as details of the Frolic shipwreck a quarter of a mile north of the lightstation.