California Historical Landmarks in San Mateo County
California Historical Landmark 930
Pigeon Point Lighthouse
Pigeon Point off Cabrillo Highway
Pescadero
Built 1872
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22 November 2012
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30 November 2018
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30 November 2018
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30 November 2018
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30 November 2018
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This brick lighthouse was built to incorporate a French first order Fresnel lens. Although no longer used, the lens is still operable in the lantern room. Previously the lens had been installed at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. It first flashed over the Pacific in November 1872, and the lighthouse has served continuously without structural modifications since that time.
California Registered Historical Landmark No. 930
Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in
cooperation with the United States Coast Guard, October 8, 1980.
