 Aerial View of San Luis Obispo Lighthouse, March 2016 | |
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| Location | Point San Luis Avila Beach, California United States |
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| Coordinates | 35°09′37″N 120°45′39″W / 35.160362°N 120.760882°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1890 (first) |
| Foundation | brick basement |
| Construction | wooden tower (first) metal pole (current) |
| Automated | 1974 |
| Height | 40 feet (12 m) (first) |
| Shape | 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 | |
| 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.