7/20/2024
7/20/2024
7/20/2024
7/20/2024
7/20/2024
9/4/1995
9/4/1995
Landmark information
- Location:
Battery Point Island, end of A St, Crescent City - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
9/4/1995 - Date Most Recently Visited:
7/20/2024 - GPS Coordinates:
N 41 44.654, W 124 12.185 - Other Designations:
National Register of Historic Places
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Battery Point Lighthouse
The Battery Point Lighthouse is one of the first lighthouses on the California coast. Rugged mountains and unbridged rivers meant coastal travel was essential for the economic survival of this region. In 1855 Congress appropriated $15,000 for the construction of the light station, which was completed in 1856 by the U.S. Lighthouse Service. Theophilis Magruder was the station's first keeper; Wayne Piland was its last before automation in 1953.