Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Washington--Cape Disappointment Light

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CAPE DISPPOINTMENT LIGHT

State: WASHINGTON
Location: NORTH POINT ISLAND / COLUMBIA RIVER
Nearest City: ILWACO
County: PACIFIC
U.S.C.G. District: 13
Year Station Established: 1856
Cape Disappointment Light

1985 U.S. Coast Guard photo (left); NPS photo by Candace Clifford, 2000 (right)

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1856
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1962
Foundation Materials: MASONRY
Construction Materials: DRESSED STONE
Markings/Patterns: WHITE TOWER W/BLACK BAND, BLACK LANTERN ROOM
Shape: CONICAL ATTACHED TO OIL HOUSE
Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
Tower Height: 53
Original Optic: FIRST ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1856
Present Optic: FOURTH ORDER BARBIER & BERNARD
Year Present Lens Installed: 1898
Height of Focal Plane: 220
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Fog Signal Type: REMOVED/ORIG. BELL

Existing Keepers Quarters? NO

Year Constructed: 1854
Number of Stories: 1.5
Architectural Style: CAPE COD
Construction Materials: STONE/BRICK

Other Structures: OIL HOUSE

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

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

Web Site:

National Register Status: PART OF LISTING; Reference #75001864
Name of Listing: CAPE DISAPPOINTMENT HISTORIC DISTRICT
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
1 OF 3 TO SURVIVE AMONG 8 ORIGINAL LIGHTHOUSES CONSTRUCTED ON WEST COAST; ORIGINAL FOGBELL HANGS OUTSIDE THE COLUMBIA COUNTY COURTHOUSE

Last Modified: Mon, Mar 25 2002 11:23:02 am EDT
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