Hereford Inlet Lighthouse
I just love this place. It's not you typical lighthouse, but I think the Victorian architecture is so wonderfully quaint and the gardens that have been created around it, make it doubly charming. This is the back of the building.
It was built in 1874, It has a Fourth-order Fresnal lens. that can be seen 13 nautical miles (24km; 15 mi) out.
In 1913 a severe storm ripped up the coastline and brought the surf dangerously close to the structure, threatening the foundation. It was temporarily closed and moved 150 ft west. It reopened a year later.
In 1964 the light was decommissioned, The lighthouse was boarded up and slowly fell into disrepair until 1982 when a bunch of locals rallied around this wonderful building and lovingly restored it.
Today it's on the both the National and State Register of Historic Places
It is operated and maintained with money generated by Lighthouse tours, the gift shop and various fundraising projects
Hereford Inlet Lighthouse
I just love this place. It's not you typical lighthouse, but I think the Victorian architecture is so wonderfully quaint and the gardens that have been created around it, make it doubly charming. This is the back of the building.
It was built in 1874, It has a Fourth-order Fresnal lens. that can be seen 13 nautical miles (24km; 15 mi) out.
In 1913 a severe storm ripped up the coastline and brought the surf dangerously close to the structure, threatening the foundation. It was temporarily closed and moved 150 ft west. It reopened a year later.
In 1964 the light was decommissioned, The lighthouse was boarded up and slowly fell into disrepair until 1982 when a bunch of locals rallied around this wonderful building and lovingly restored it.
Today it's on the both the National and State Register of Historic Places
It is operated and maintained with money generated by Lighthouse tours, the gift shop and various fundraising projects