Point Arena Light Station, Point Arena, California - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

Point Arena Light Station is located at 45500 Lighthouse Road, Point Arena (60 acres, 3 buildings, 1 structure). Architect, builder, or engineer: Concrete Chimney Company.

My daughter and I drove up the coast from Jenner on Hwy 1 and Hwy 101 in mid-September 2006. We turned off the highway two miles to see Point Arena Lighthouse. The lighthouse had appeared in the 1984 film "Treasure--In Search of the Golden Horse" by Sheldon Renan.

The Point Arena Lighthouse (1930) is located at 45500 Lighthouse Road in Point Arena, California, a prominent point on the coast, about four miles northwest of the town of Point Arena. The lighthouse was built (completed) in 1908 after the original lighthouse was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake. The lighthouse is a cylindrical, reinforced concrete tower, about 12 feet in diameter at its base, and 115 feet from the base to the top. It has a metal ball with a rod on top centered over the conical roof. The spire at the center of the top of the lighthouse was used for the (benchmark) station.

The lighthouse features a 1st Order Fresnel Lens, over six feet in diameter and weighing more than six tons. A 1st order is the largest and 6th order is the smallest. The lens is made up of 666 hand-ground glass prisms all focused toward three sets of double bulls eyes. It is these bulls eyes that gave the Point Arena Lighthouse its unique "light signature" of two flashes every six seconds. This incredible optic, that holds an appraised value of over $3.5 million, is set in solid brass framework, built in France. In June of 1977 the historic 1st Order Fresnel Lens was discontinued. The 1st Order Fresnel Lens was visible for 20 miles and the current 40 pound modern rotating light can be seen for 16 miles.

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Street address: P. O. Box 11 45500 Lighthouse Road Point Arena, CA USA 95468 County / Borough / Parish: Mendocino Year listed: 1991 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event Periods of significance: 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949 Historic function: Transportation Current function: Recreation And Culture, Transportation, Museum Privately owned?: no Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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