Existing
Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1864
- Is the Light Operational? NO
- Date Deactivated: 1934
- Automated:
- Foundation Materials: BRICK AND GRANITE FORTRESS
- Construction Materials: IRON
- Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN
- Shape: NINE-SIDED ON FORT'S STAIRWAY TOWER
- Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
- Tower Height: 27
- Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
- Year Original Lens Installed:
- Present Optic: REMOVED
- Year Present Lens Installed:
- Height of Focal Plane: 110
- Fresnel Lens Disposition:
- Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s):
- 1. Construction Date: 1853
- Description: CAPE COD STRUCTURE WITH INTEGRAL TOWER (NEVER LIGHTED)
- Fate/Disposition: DEMOLISHED AFTER ONLY 3 MONTHS TO MAKE WAY FOR CONSTRUCTION
OF FORT POINT
- 2. Construction Date: 1855
Description: 2-STORY TRUNCATED WOOD STRUCTURE BETWEEN FORT AND SEAWALL
- Fate/Disposition: DEMOLISHED AFTER 8 YEARS WHEN ARMY NEEDED TO MAKE
CORRECTIONS TO GRANITE SEAWALL
Modern Tower? NO
Existing Sound Signal Building? NO (FOUNDATION ONLY)
- Year Constructed: 1904
- Construction Materials: CONCRETE
- Architectural Style:
- Fog Signal Type: REMOVED/ORIG. BELL, TRUMPET
Existing Keepers Quarters? NO (DISMANTLED)
- Year Constructed: 1908
- Number of Stories: 2
- Architectural Style: TUDOR STYLE
- Construction Materials: REDWOOD
Other Structures: REMOVED: WOODEN ASST. KEEPERS (1885), CATWALK BRIDGE,
BARN, LOOKOUT TOWER, OIL HOUSE, 2 WATER RESERVOIRS
Current Use: NATIONAL PARK
Owner/Manager: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Open to the Public? NO (CLOSED BECAUSE OF LEAD PAINT CHIPS FROM GOLDEN
GATE BRIDGE ABOVE)
Web Site: Link
National Register Status: PART OF LISTING; Reference #70000146
Name of Listing: FORT POINT NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:
Miscellaneous:
DISCONTINUED BECAUSE OF CONSTRUCTION OF GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE; PART
OF PRESIDIO OF SAN FRANCISCO NHL
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