{"nrhp_refnum":"72000234","name":"Point Fermin Lighthouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"805 Paseo Del Mar","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Pedro","county":"Los Angeles County","state":"CA","lat":33.70534127600007,"lon":-118.29365534299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-06-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A wooden lighthouse combining a light tower and keeper's residence on the cliffs of Point Fermin, 805 Paseo Del Mar, San Pedro, Los Angeles. It was built in 1874 and first lit on December 15, 1874.","why_significant":"It was the first substantial aid to navigation at San Pedro and what became Los Angeles Harbor. Of the several wooden lighthouses built between San Francisco and San Diego in the 1870s, it is the only one remaining. It also served as a secret radar lookout station in World War II, the first of its kind in the harbor area.","narrative":"Perched on steep cliffs above the entrance to Los Angeles Harbor, this wooden lighthouse at Point Fermin in San Pedro combines a light tower with living quarters for keepers. Built in 1874, it first showed its light on December 15 of that year, after rising sea traffic by 1871 created a need for guidance into the harbor. It was the first substantial navigational aid there and is the only surviving wooden lighthouse of those built along the coast between San Francisco and San Diego in the 1870s. Its balloon-type frame, board-and-batten tower and bracketed overhangs reflect Victorian design. Electric light replaced oil lamps in 1925, but in 1942 the Coast Guard darkened it, painted it wartime green and converted the tower into a radar lookout station. The light never returned after the war, and the building later became part of a city park, serving as a residence for park personnel.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Victorian (1880 period), balloon-type construction with bracketed overhangs","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in fair condition and used as a residence for park personnel of the San Pedro Park and Recreation Department; restoration proposals call for removing non-original features and reinstalling the original lens.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.991409-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/72000234.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000234/d0c80146f8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000234/d0c80146f8-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Elefuntboy at English Wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pointfermin.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Elefuntboy at English Wikipedia</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pointfermin.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100006727","name":"Point Fermin Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/california/point-fermin-historic-district-100006727/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859420","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Fermin_Light","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7208023"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/los-angeles-county/point-fermin-lighthouse-72000234/"}