Lighthouses of California: LIME POINT LIGHT

Photo by Jef Poskanzer

LIME POINT LIGHT State: CALIFORNIA Location: SAN FRANCISCO BAY ENTRANCE Nearest City: SAUSALITO County: SAN FRANCISCO U.S.C.G. District: 11 Year Station Established: 1883

NPS photo by Ralph Eshelman, 1997

Existing Historic Tower: Year Light First Lit: 1900  Is the Light Operational? YES  Date Deactivated: N/A  Automated: 1961  Foundation Materials: MOUNTED ON WALL OF SIGNAL BLDG  Construction Materials: BRICK  Markings/Patterns: WHITE  Shape: SQUARE  Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE  Tower Height: 20  Original Optic: 300 MM (ACETYLENE)  Year Original Lens Installed: 1900  Present Optic: 250 MM, SOLAR POWERED  Year Present Lens Installed:  Height of Focal Plane: 33  Fresnel Lens Disposition:  Has tower been moved? NO Previous Tower(s): 1. Construction Date:  Description:  Fate/Disposition: Modern Tower? NO Existing Sound Signal Building? YES Year Constructed: 1883  Construction Materials: MASONRY  Architectural Style:  Fog Signal Type: HORN/DUAL WHISTLES United States Coast Guard Existing Keepers Quarters? NO (RAZED AFTER 1961) Other Structures: Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD Open to the Public? YES (Go to Lighthouses to Visit for access information) Web Site: National Register Status: NONE; Reference # 0 Name of Listing:  On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed: Miscellaneous: ORIGINALLY A FOG SIGNAL STATION, POST LIGHT ADDED 1900