File:Pigeon Point Lighthouse, State Highway 1, Pescadero, San Mateo County, CA HABS CAL,41-PESC.V,1- (sheet 3 of 5).tif

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HABS CAL,41-PESC.V,1- (sheet 3 of 5) - Pigeon Point Lighthouse, State Highway 1, Pescadero, San Mateo County, CA
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HABS CAL,41-PESC.V,1- (sheet 3 of 5) - Pigeon Point Lighthouse, State Highway 1, Pescadero, San Mateo County, CA
Depicted place California; San Mateo County; Pescadero
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 19 x 24 in. (B size)
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS CAL,41-PESC.V,1- (sheet 3 of 5)
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Original working drawings are located at the National Archives.
  • Lighthouse has rotating gear, & the complex has a watch house.
  • Significance: This was the earliest lighthouse on the west coast to have a First-irder lens. The lighthouse was automated in 1974 and has been in continual service since it was built. The original lens is still in place and could be operable. / Named after the clipper ship the "Carrier Pigeon," which was wrecked at the point in 1853, the site was chosen for a first order light station in 1871, which included a lighthouse, fog signal, and keeper's house. The 114 foot brick tower was completed in October, 1872; and the 1008 piece French-made lens was installed the following month. The tower and attached service house exhibit architectural features typical of the 1860's adapted to the particular needs of the light station. Ornamentation in the design of the conical tower, which rises from an eight-sided base, was restricted to the three prominent windows. All are enframed by projecting brick segmental arches and pilasters supporting a simple cornice and resting on a sill of rusticated stone. The cantilevered iron gallery encircling the tower is supported by sixteen elaborate cast iron brackets. The two-room service house, now the power station, was designed in the traditional "cottage" style house-form though highly restrained and of brick construction rather than wood. The simple rectangular building on its raised foundation is pierced only by windows at the gable ends where square corbelled chimneys rise above the ridge and in the front by the oversized hooded doorway. Though no longer manned, the light station continues to service those at sea and remains unscathed by earthquakes, storms, or modern replacement.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-192
  • Survey number: HABS CA-1997
  • Building/structure dates: 1871- 1872 Initial Construction
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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 77000337.
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ca0833.sheet.00003a
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Object location37° 15′ 18″ N, 122° 22′ 49.01″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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