Existing
Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1934
- Is the Light Operational? NO
- Date Deactivated: 2006
- Automated: 1966
- Foundation Materials: CONCRETE
- Construction Materials: REINFORCED CONCRETE
- Markings/Patterns: WHITE TOWER, GREEN LANTERN, RED DOME
- Shape: OCTAGONAL ATTACHED TO FOG SIGNAL BD
- Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
- Tower Height: 44
- Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
- Year Original Lens Installed: 1866
- Modern Optic: VRB-25, SOLAR POWERED
- Year Modern Lens Installed: 1998
- Height of Focal Plane: 100
- Fresnel Lens Disposition: FRESNEL LENS ON DISPLAY BY U.S. COAST GUARD
GROUP NORTH BEND
- Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s):
- 1. Construction Date: 1866
- Description: OCTAGONAL WROUGHT IRON TOWER AND LANTERN, PAINTED WHITE
WITH DOME OF LANTERN PAINTED RED
- Fate/Disposition: BLOWN UP WITH DYNAMITE 1936
- 2. Construction Date: 1908
- Description: OCTAGONAL WOOD FRAME BUILDING
- Fate/Disposition: MOVED FURTHER EAST A SHORT DISTANCE, TOWER REMOVED,
SERVED AS KEEPERS QUARTERS UNTIL RAZED IN 1960S
Modern Tower? NO
Existing Sound Signal Building? YES
- Year Constructed: 1934
- Construction Materials: CONCRETE
- Architectural Style: ATTACHED TO TOWER
- Fog Signal Type: DIAPHRAM HORN (FA 232)
Existing Keepers Quarters? NO RAZED 1957
- Year Constructed: 1896
- Number of Stories: 1.5
- Architectural Style: DUPLEX
- Construction Materials: WOOD FRAME
Other Structures: 3 SEALED CISTERNS, HIGH FOOT BRIDGE (ORIGINALLY
CONSTRUCTED 1898), WHIP ANTENNA; DESTROYED: 1866 STORAGE SHEDS; WALKWAY;
TRAMWAY; 1880 U.S. LIFESAVING SERVICE BOATHOUSE & CREW QUARTERS; 1870S
BOATHOUSE; 1886 BARN; BRIDGES; 1891 CABLE TRAMWAY ISLAND TERMINAL HOUSE;
STORAGE SHED; 1896 KEEPERS QUARTERS; 1898 OIL HOUSE
Current Use: NONE
Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD
Open to the Public? NO
National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #73002338
Name of Listing: CAPE ARAGO LIGHTHOUSE (LIGHTHOUSE STATIONS OF OREGON
MPS)
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1970
Miscellaneous:
USCG REPAINTED EXTERIOR IN 1998 AND MADE REPAIRS. LIGHT WAS DEACTIVATED ON JANUARY 1, 2006.
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