Lighthouses of California: Point Conception Light

POINT CONCEPTION LIGHT

State: CALIFORNIA
Location: WEST ENTRANCE SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL
Nearest City: LOMPOC
County: SANTA BARBARA
U.S.C.G. District: 11
Year Station Established: 1856


NPS photo by Ralph Eshelman, 1996
Existing Historic Tower:
Year Light First Lit: 1882
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1973
Foundation Materials: STONE
Construction Materials: STUCCO/WOOD/BRICK
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: CYLINDRICAL ATTACHED TO OIL HOUSE
Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
Tower Height: 52
Original Optic: FIRST ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1856
Present Optic: UNKNOWN
Year Present Lens Installed: ?
Height of Focal Plane: 133
Fresnel Lens Disposition: ORIGINAL LENS IN LANTERN BUT NOT IN OPERATION
Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s):
1. Construction Date:
Description:
Fate/Disposition:
Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO (REMOVED)
Fog Signal Type: HORN
Existing Keepers Quarters? YES
Year Constructed: 1911
Number of Stories: 1
Architectural Style: SPANISH
Construction Materials: BRICK/STUCCO
Other Structures: 1907 OIL HOUSE, 1960S GENERATOR BUILDING, CA. 1960S DWELLING; REMOVED: ORIGINAL DWELLING, FOG SIGNAL BUILDING, COAL SHUTES

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #81000176
Name of Listing: POINT CONCEPTION LIGHT STATION
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed: