{"nrhp_refnum":"77000312","name":"Point Pinos Lighthouse","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Asilomar Blvd. and Lighthouse Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pacific Grove","county":"Monterey County","state":"CA","lat":36.633415952000064,"lon":-121.93367671799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-07-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Transportation","Architecture","Communications"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A lighthouse station at Asilomar Boulevard and Lighthouse Avenue in Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California. The 1855 stone lighthouse building with its tower was rebuilt in 1907 after earthquake damage, and it is a U.S. Coast Guard property.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the oldest continuously operating lighthouse on the west coast, completed and lit in 1855 shortly after Alcatraz Light. It was rebuilt in 1907 following the original plans after the 1906 earthquake. Its history includes 40 years of women lighthouse keepers, and Robert Louis Stevenson recorded a visit in \"Old Monterey\".","narrative":"Point Pinos Lighthouse sits on the coast at Pacific Grove, California, beside a municipal golf course and a scenic drive. Completed and first lit on February 1, 1855, it is a 20 by 30 foot, story-and-a-half building of locally quarried stone with the look of a New England cottage. Its third-order Fresnel lens was purchased in France and was fueled first by whale oil, then kerosene, and finally electricity. The woodwork and fittings were shipped from the east coast around the Horn. The 1906 earthquake damaged the original brick tower, so it was rebuilt in reinforced concrete in 1907 to the original plans, along with a new entry porch and bathroom addition. The nomination describes it as the oldest continuously operating lighthouse on the west coast, built shortly after Alcatraz Light. Women served as keepers for 40 years, and Robert Louis Stevenson wrote of visiting it. An 1899 oil storage building is also included.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"New England cottage appearance","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked good and altered; the light remains in operation. The form marks the property both as unoccupied and as in use for museum, government and transportation purposes.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:32.26189-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/77000312.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77000312/7ec5fbe558-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77000312/7ec5fbe558-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Frank Schulenburg","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Point_Pinos_Light_during_reconstruction_(2013).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Frank Schulenburg</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Point_Pinos_Light_during_reconstruction_(2013).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859952","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Pinos_Lighthouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7208119"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/monterey-county/point-pinos-lighthouse-77000312/"}