Existing
Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1857
- Is the Light Operational? NO
- Date Deactivated: 1987
- Automated: 1941
- Foundation Materials: STONE
- Construction Materials: BRICK
- Markings/Patterns: WHITE
- Shape: CYLINDRICAL
- Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
- Tower Height: 40
- Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
- Year Original Lens Installed: 1859
- Present Optic: REMOVED
- Year Present Lens Installed: 1952
- Height of Focal Plane: 45
- Fresnel Lens Disposition: LANTERN ROOM REPLACED IN 1867
- Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s):
- 1. Construction Date: 1839
- Description: BRICK
- Fate/Disposition: WATER ERODED FOUNDATION, REBUILT 1842
- 2. Construction Date: 1846
- Description: TWO-STORY VICTORIAN DWELLING MADE FROM CYPRESS WITH LANTERN
ON ROOF
- Fate/Disposition: REBUILT AS COMBINATION BRICK TOWER AND DWELLING
IN 1857; DAMAGED DURING CIVIL WAR AND LANTERN REPLACED IN 1867; RELIT 1868 WITH FIFTH
ORDER LENS
Modern Tower? YES
- Year Tower Constructed: 1987
Existing Sound Signal Building? NO
- Year Constructed:
- Construction Materials: WOOD
- Architectural Style: TOWER
- Fog Signal Type: BELL
Existing Keepers Quarters? NO (RAZED 1952)
- Year Constructed: 1857
- Number of Stories: 1.5
- Architectural Style: CAPE COD
- Construction Materials: BRICK
Other Structures: STORAGE BUILDING
Current Use: PLANS FOR RESTORATION
Owner/Manager: STATE OF LOUISIANA/LAKE MAUREPAS SOCIETY
Open to the Public? NO
Web Site:
National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #86001554
Name of Listing: PASS MANCHAC LIGHT
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:
Miscellaneous:
TOWER STANDS WITHOUT ATTACHED KEEPERS
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