The Point Arena Lighthouse has been a popular site for several films, both small and large screen. To donate to the Lighthouse, please click here. The Point Arena Lighthouse is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit. Lighthouse Tower and its 1896 Fog Signal Building – for the inspiration, education and the enjoyment of all generations to come. To maintain in perpetuity, the historic Point Arena Light Station – including the 23 coastal acres it encompasses, its 115 ft. By tapping into a combination of small grants and savings, the Board approved funds for repairs to the historic Keeper’s Cottages in the form of new roofs, gutters and windows. As hope became reality and the monument was signed into being in March of that year, the Point Arena Lighthouse Keepers were once again preparing the lighthouse property to receive this new level of attention. At the same time visitation to the Lighthouse grew to record numbers. In 2014 the Point Arena/Stornetta public lands became the first land based part of the California Coastal National Monument. By the time the Stornetta Lands had gone public, the Lighthouse was ready to present a new face to the many visitors that would arrive in the coming years. The timing couldn’t have been better for the restoration, and the success of the project was a tribute to the hard work and good stewardship of the Board , which began in 1984 and continues to this day. Additional funds were obtained to later paint the tower, thereby completing the restoration and resulting in the ongoing operation of the site to today.Ĭoincidental to the restoration were the 100 th anniversary of the Lighthouse construction (second tower) and the establishment of several hundred acres of the adjoining Stornetta dairy lands for public use. With this money tower cracks and infrastructure were restored and the First Order Fresnel lens was removed from the top of the tower and placed on display in the museum. (PALKI) Board and Executive Director took steps to find funding for major repairs to the Lighthouse, efforts which yielded donations from the community as well as the largest single funding source in organization history – an initial $1.2 million grant from the California Cultural and Historic Endowment. In 2007 the Point Arena Lighthouse Keepers, Inc. Time and Nature, two forces that will always be present on the coastal landscape, had brought the property to a point of necessary intervention. In the mid-2000s the Lighthouse Tower faced much-needed repairs.
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