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1 ili Form (Oct. 1972) NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR FEDERAL PROPERTIES (Type all entries - complete applicable sections) ENTRY DATE California San Diego JUN 87 Old Point Loma Lighthouse AND/OR HISTORIC: m STREET AND NUMBER/' "cabrillo National Snmaent End-of Catali-ua -Drive) CITY OR TOWN: CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT^ San Diego California. 06 San Diego 073 CATEGORY (Check One.) OWNERSHIP STATUS ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC District Site D Object (5J Building Q Structure Public Private Both Public Acquisition: f~l In Process [~1 Being Considered f~~ Occupied STI Unoccupied I Preservation work in progress Yes: fzl Restricted C] Unrestricted a NO PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Agricultural JJC] Government 13 Park Transportation I Comments Commercial [ Industrial Q Private Residence Other (Specify) [~1 Educational Military Q Religious Entertainment CRT! Museum f Scientific National Park Service REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS: (If applicable) Western Regional Office CITY OR TOWN: San Francisco STREET AND NUMBER: Box Golden Gate Ave.? STATE: California Ob o» > H H H- m Hj " COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: Site file. Old Boint Loma Lighthouse, Record Group 56 STREET AND NUMBER: National Archives CITY OR TOWN: Washington STATE: District of Columbia 001 CO '' fl) C 3 i *d 4 3 aj P o H. CO TITLE OF SURVEY: Historic American Buildings Survey DATE OF SURVEY: Federal State r~l County Local DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: Library of Congress STREET AND NUMBER: Cl TY OR TOWN: Washington District of Columbia uox (see continuation sheet)

2 CONDITION Q Excellent E3 Altered 25 Good CH Fair fchec/c One; f~l Unaltered (Check One) Deteriorated DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL fi/ known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE Preservation recommended a [~7 Moved Ruins (Check One) [~~ Unexposed JXJ Original Site As originally designed and built in l85u, the Old Point Loma Lighthouse is a Cape Cod structure 20 feet wide and 30 feet long with a cellar, two upper' floors and a smell attic. A wooden leanto with kitchen facilities (a slightly later addition) is located in the rear. The tower portion is situated in the middle of the building, 10 feet in diameter, with a spiral staircase 33 fe'et from the base to the top. The walls of the residence portion of the Lighthouse are 20 feet high. Bricks were used in the tower construction end sandstone was used for the dwelling. Tiles for the basement were obtained from the ruins of nearby old Spanish Fort Guijarros. The upper portion of the tower consisted of a metal frame lantern which housed the illuminating lens. A third order Fresnel lens was installed in November j?f 1855 and some repairs to brickwork were made. Because of its exposed position and the bad weathering of the sandstone walls, periodic changes were made, including plastering the walls with cement in 1879 and painting them white in 188?. Vegetation surrounding the building was meager. After it was abandoned in 1891, it was vandalized. In 1913 it was scheduled to be obliterated and replaced by a statue of the explorer Cabrillo, In 1915 and 1931 repairs were made and by 1935? extensive renovation had been completed. During World War IT,"it was temporarily converted to ajsignal tower and, later,.was again repaired by the National Park Service. Today, it is a whitewashed structure very much like it was when in use. Interior rooms, though altered somewhat, have been restored to approximately 1887 appearance. m m 70 C n O Z Boundary: Glass VI land; Cost: structure alone less than one acre $30,000 restoration ^,000 drawings 15,000 study

3 Ftffm a (July 1969) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM (Continuation Sheet) California Ban Diego FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER (Number all entries) 6, REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS (cont.) National Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings (Travel and Communication)/ 1963; Federal; Division of History, Washington Office, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C., 202^0, National Park Service Inventory of Historic Structures] Federal; Division of Historic Architecture, Washington Office, National Park Service, U. S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C. 202^0. GP 0 92T-724

4 iiiiiiiilgiiiii PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) I Pre-Columbian [~1 15th Century [~~ Q 18th Century ;gt] 19th Century 20th Century SPECIFIC (if Applicable and Known) constructed in us,e > abandoned 1891 Aboriginal Education Political [~~1 Urban Planning Q Prehistoric Q Engineering Religion/Phi C] Other (Specify; ~~ Historic I Industry losophy j Agriculture rig Architecture C] Art I Invention I Landscape Architecture [ Science [ [~1 Sculpture Social/Human fxl Commerce [~~l Literature itarian [13 Communications [~ Military Theater I Conservation O Music Transportation Z o Di I- LU Ul STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE 1st order The Old Boint Loma Lighthouse was begun in 185^ when a contractor's crew from the eastern United States came to San Diego to build the port's first lighthouse. From 1855 to 1891, this 19th Century lighthouse at the end of the long, high Point Lome peninsula guided ships along the coast of California and into Sen Diego harbor. But the real significance of this Cape Cod structure is not just that of a lighthouse faithfully performing its task but in its creation and use. The lighthouse was one of the first eight lighthouses built on the Pacific Coast of the United States. Since all eight were built by one firm under one contract, the old building stands today as a symbol of the nation's first successful effort to obtain navigational aids for the newly acquired west coast. It used a Fresnel lens for illumination. Today, the Old Boint Loma Lighthouse is a landmark symbol of the City of San Diego and one of the most prominent features of Cabrillo National Monument. The view from the Lighthouse has been rated one of the three great harbor views in the world, taking in a vast panorama of sea, islands, coast, harbor, land and mountains.

5 Holland, F. Ross, Jr., The Old Point Loma Lighthouse, Historical Association, Ca~brillo LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES - I DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY A- t R CORNER LATITUDE LONGITUDE Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds NW ' " NE " o SE o, o, SW 0, ' 0 LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES LATITUDE LONGITUDE Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds ^Jl "32 Uo * V ' 18 fllf^s.* Q^'l ^/ r^fc, 117 *±**i+ \ lli Ja^T 2U i~^^t.* ^/^wf^x ^OO /f' 7 APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: less than QHQ LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUN TY-^XJfjDT^RlES STATE: STATE; STATE: STATE! CODE CODE CODE CODE COUNTY: / ^ \\JJ^ L, //.^N. ' CODE ' >c V' r% ^^ ' ~'"' /\. /vyy Prpr'n/C*n ^A COUNTY: / ^/ albllvlu ^2\ CODE / ' i^a COUNTY: W ' "^J 8PH 6 DD & ^ ^ ifn-uii. "" ST 1 CODE M NATIONAL vsf COUNTY: \^^ REGISTER '^/ COD ^ v/>, ^y NAME AND TITLE: "v~-i-. J.tf..JS^ffE : BUSINESS ADDRESS! Mary R. Bradford, Staff Park Ranger- Historian Cabrillo National Monument STREET AND NUMBER! CITY OR TOWN: P.O. "Box l 7^ San Diego tiiiiiiiliiiil^^ STATE lf/1/73 PHONE: CODE California 06 <^ m m z H /D C O H 0 Z 01 State Liaison Officer recommendation: CD Yes C]No f~l None State Liaison Officer Signature In compliance with Executive Order 11593, I hereby nominate this property to the National Register, certifying that the State Liaison Officer has been allowed 90 days in which to present the nomination to the State Review Board and to evaluate its^.significance. The recom mended level of significance is ~~" National f~1 State I hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register. ^rfy&^iuex-^ Director, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation ^ /*-7/^ ATTEST: / Fejynal Representative Signature Sf& - S^*~4 ' /tjle^ Tide Date ^^W^y^f^C^,/A Keeper of The N^ional Register \/ Date [rf < -V / V^.GPO

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7 (7 /72)»/> 0 io-301a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM COUN T Y r«11fornir- S r n Diego fi FOR NFS USE ONLY (Type all entries ~ attach to or enclose with photograph).n'j'ry NUMBER DATE?&»_ 1. : NAME ~T COMMON: Old Point Lorn? Lighthouse AND/OR HISTORIC: U UJ UJ i/> 2. LOCATION SYREET AND NUMBER: Obrillo N*tion?>l Ko name nt End of CfltPline Blvd. (Cpbrillo Memorial CI TY OR TOWN : San Diego STATE: CODE COUNTY: Drive} '. " ' >\ /^ r!^,/:r, / ;.": Y ~ CODE: California 06 SPH Dieg o yv / "»/f _PHOTO REFERENCE > : -±~ -ftfrp.^t"-' _ PHOTO CREDIT: Nations! P*srk Service DATE OF PHOTO: 19t>9 MEGATIVE FILED AT: / -'*' Csbrillo National Monument, P.O. "Box 6l?5- S^n Diego, CA. 4. igpitificatiqk DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC. P,e*r view of Old Point Lome Lighthouse, showing Ipntern arep pnd le^nto in the back of the dwelling. 1NT: t E4-72

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9 Form No. I0-301a (7^72) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph) Olifornif Diego FOR NPS USE ONLY NUMBER COMMON-. Old Point Lomp Lighthouse AND/OR HISTORIC: 1-2. LOCATION' U a: STREET AND NUMBER: Oorillo Tlfition*!' HonuBieiit End of Ceteline Blvd. (Csbrillo Memorial Drive) CITY OR TOWN : Sf>n Diego LU UJ 0 n Diego 3; PHOTO REFeRENCE HOTO CREDIT: Nptionsl P^rk Service DATE OF PHOTO: (within the l»st few Ye^T s -recent ) NEGATIVE FILED AT: Cc-brillo Nation*! Monument, P.O. Box 6l75, S^n Diego crppe DESCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION, ETC. Angle view of Old Point lorn* Lighthouse. showing front»nd north w^ll. Facing southeast. 1NT: IE4-72

10 N A f y. - - S^US COAST GUARD.-"' RESERVATION Latitude 32 UO' " Longitude 117 1^' " 0 C E A