Year first constructed 1887 Foundation Concrete Opened 1887 Phone +1 253-927-2536 | Automated 1963 Tower shape Square without lantern Construction Concrete Architect Carl Leick | |
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Location Browns Point, Washington Year first lit 1933 (current tower); 1903 (previous tower); 1887 (first structure) Address 201 Tulalip St NE, Tacoma, WA 98422, USA Similar Jack Hyde Park, Charlotte's Blueberry Park, Point Robinson Light, Kandle Park, Point No Point Light | ||
Beautiful views at the browns point lighthouse park views of puget sound in browns point community
The Browns Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse located near Tacoma on Browns Point at the east entrance to Puget Sound's Commencement Bay, Pierce County, Washington.
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History
The first light station on Browns Point, erected in 1887, consisted of a white light lens lantern on a white post that stood 12 feet (3.7 m) above sea level and 50 yards from the low tide shoreline. A woodframe lighthouse and separate keepers cottage were built in 1901. The current lighthouse was built in 1933 and automated in 1963. The lighthouse plus the original keeper's cottage, oil house and boathouse are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Public access
The Points Northeast Historical Society rents out the keeper's cottage with the renter serving as an honorary lightkeeper who conducts lighthouse tours on Saturday afternoons. The Society also operates two museums by the lighthouse: the History Center with changing history exhibits and the Boat House Museum with displays of a replica surfboat and maritime artifacts. The lighthouse is on the grounds of Browns Point Lighthouse Park which offers picnicking and scenic vistas of sea traffic and mountains.
More reading
Sharlene Nelson & Ted Nelson (1998). Umbrella Guide to Washington Lighthouses. Epicenter Press. ISBN 9780945397700.