Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Oregon Lighthouses--Heceta Head Light

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HECETA HEAD LIGHT

State: OREGON
Location: NORTH OF SIUSLAW RIVER
Nearest City: FLORENCE
County: LANE
U.S.C.G. District: 13
Year Station Established: 1894

NPS photo by Candace Clifford, 2001

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1894
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1963
Foundation Materials: NATURAL/EMPLACED
Construction Materials: BRICK/STUCCOED
Markings/Patterns: WHITE TOWER/GREEN LANTERN/RED DOME
Shape: CONICAL ATTACHED TO WORKROOM
Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
Tower Height: 56
Original Optic: FIRST ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1894
Present Optic: FIRST ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Present Lens Installed: 1894
Height of Focal Plane: 205
Fresnel Lens Disposition: ORIGINAL LENS STILL IN OPERATION
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1893
Number of Stories: 2
Architectural Style: QUEEN ANNE
Construction Materials: WOOD

Other Structures: 2 OIL HOUSES (1 NOW SERVES AS GENERATOR HOUSE), GARAGE/HORSE BARN; 1 OF 1893 KEEPERS WAS RAZED

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION IN NATIONAL FOREST/STATE PARK; KEEPERS SERVES AS B&B

Owner/Manager: U.S. FOREST SERVICE (KEEPERS)/OREGON STATE PARKS & RECREATION (TOWER) W/USCG ACCESS TO OPTIC

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

Web Site: Link

National Register Status: LISTED Reference #78002296
Name of Listing: HECETA HEAD LIGHTHOUSE & KEEPERS QUARTERS
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1970

Miscellaneous:
SIUSLAW NATIONAL FOREST/HECETA HEAD LIGHTHOUSE STATE SCENIC VIEWPOINT

Last Modified: Thu, May 05 2005 4:33:02 pm EDT
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