square tower with balcony and lantern attached to keeper's house (first) pole light (current)
Markings
white tower, black lantern
Operator
Port San Luis Lighthouse[1][2]
Heritage
National Register of Historic Places listed place
Light
First lit
1975 (current)
Deactivated
1975 (first)
Focal height
116 feet (35 m) (current)
Lens
Fourth Order Fresnel lens (removed 1969)
Range
17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi)
Characteristic
Fl W 5s. (night and day)
San Luis Obispo Light Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Area
30 acres (12 ha)
Architect
US Lighthouse Board, 12th District
Architectural style
Stick/eastlake, Lighthouse
MPS
Light Stations of California MPS
NRHP reference No.
91001093[3]
Added to NRHP
September 3, 1991
The Point San Luis Lighthouse, also known as the San Luis Obispo Light Station, is on the National Register of Historic Places. Located near Avila Beach on the Central Coast of California in San Luis Obispo County, it is the only Prairie Victorian model lighthouse left on the West Coast of the United States. It is being refurbished by the Point San Luis Lighthouse Keepers, a volunteer group.
^Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Northern California". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
^California Historic Light Station Information & Photography United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 15 June 2016
^"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
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