Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Oregon Lighthouses--Cape Meares Light

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CAPE MEARES LIGHT

State: OREGON
Location: SOUTHERN ENTRANCE TO TILLAMOOK BAY
Nearest City: OCEANSIDE
County: TILLAMOCK
U.S.C.G. District: 13
Year Station Established: 1890

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1890
Is the Light Operational? NO
Date Deactivated: 1963
Automated: 1963
Foundation Materials: CONCRETE
Construction Materials: BRICK SHEATHED IN SHEET IRON
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK TRIM
Shape: OCTAGONAL ATTACHED TO WORKROOM
Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
Tower Height: 40
Original Optic: FIRST ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1890
Present Optic: FIRST ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Present Lens Installed: 1890
Height of Focal Plane: 217
Fresnel Lens Disposition:

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? YES

Year Tower Constructed: 1963
Type: RECTANGULAR
Tower Height: 17
Height of Focal Plane: 232
Current Optic: Year Installed:

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? NO DEMOLISHED CA. 1968

Year Constructed: 1890
Number of Stories: 1.5
Architectural Style:
Construction Materials:

Other Structures: NONE REMAIN; ORIG. 2 1890 OIL HOUSES; 2 1890 KEEPERS DWELLINGS; 2 1890 CISTERNS; 1895 WORKROOM ATTACHED TO TOWER (RECONSTRUCTED 1978); 1934 GARAGE

Current Use: STATE PARK/NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD LEASE TO STATE OF OREGON

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

Web Site: LINK

National Register Status: LISTED Reference #73002341
Name of Listing: CAPE MEARES LIGHTHOUSE (LIGHTHOUSE STATIONS OF OREGON MPS)
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1970

Miscellaneous:
LIGHT REPLACED BY NEW TOWER NEARBY IN 1963 WHICH BECAME INACTIVE 1985 BUT WAS REACTIVATED SOON AFTER; BIRD REFUGE

Last Modified: Wed, Mar 06 2002 1:07:02 pm EDT
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