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Managing Organization:
Point Fermin Historical Site
Website: http://www.PointFerminLighthouse.org
Contact Address Information:
807 W Paseo DelMar
San Pedro
California,
90731,
United States
Notes:
Point Fermin Lighthouse is located in a 37-acre public park. A light in a shack, then a light in a pole, replaced the lighthouse as an aid to navigation. The lantern was removed, but a new replica lantern was later created. A major restoration of the lighthouse was completed in 2003. Tower Height: 30 Height of Focal Plane: 100 Description of Tower: Square Italianate tower on wood frame dwelling.
This light is not operational
Other Buildings?
1874 Italianate wood frame keeper's house, three cisterns, concrete oil house, barn. Date Established: 1874 Date Present Tower Built: 1874 Date Deactivated: 1942 Optics: 1874: Fourth order Fresnel lens (removed). Current Use: Museum. Open To Public? Grounds only. Museum?
The lighthouse is now operated as a museum by
the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks with the support of the Point Fermin Lighthouse Society, a chapter of the U.S. Lighthouse Society. The lighthouse is open for tours on Sundays, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. There are plans to expand the hours in the future. Directions:
From the north, take CA 110 South; it becomes I-110 S. Turn left onto N. Gaffney Street and follow to its end at Point Fermin Park. Listed on the
National Register of Historic Places Keepers: Mary L. Smith (1874-1882); James Herald (?); George Shaw (c. 1880s).
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