Battery Point Lighthouse, California

BATTERY POINT (CRESENT CITY) LIGHT

State: CALIFORNIA
Location: BATTERY POINT ISLAND
Nearest City: CRESCENT CITY
County: DEL NORTE
U.S.C.G. District: 11
Year Station Established: 1856 Battery Point Light
NPS photo by James P. Delgado, 1998
Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1856
Is the Light Operational? YES (PRIVATE AID TO NAVIGATION)
Date Deactivated: 1965-1982
Automated: 1953
Foundation Materials: NATURAL/EMPLACED
Construction Materials: BRICK TOWER/GRANITE HOUSE
Markings/Patterns: WHITE
Shape: CYLINDRICAL ON SQUARE HOUSE
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height: 45
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1856
Present Optic: FIFTH ORDER DRUMM, FRESNEL
Year Present Lens Installed: 1953
Height of Focal Plane: 77 mm
Fresnel Lens Disposition: FOURTH ORDER LENS PROPERTY OF DEL NORTE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1856
Number of Stories: 1.5
Architectural Style: CAPE COD INTEGRAL
Construction Materials: STONE

Other Structures: CARPENTER SHOP, STORAGE BUILDING (LEAN TO ATTACHED TO LIGHTHOUSE), 4 WATERTANKS (1904), OIL HOUSE (1880)

Current Use: PRIVATE AID TO NAVIGATION/MUSEUM

Owner/Manager: DEL NORTE COUNTY

Open to the Public? YES (Go to Lighthouses to Visit for access information)

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #83001177
Name of Listing: CRESCENT CITY LIGHTHOUSE
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1982

Miscellaneous:
BUILT BEFORE SPANISH INFLUENCE ON LIGHTHOUSE DESIGN