Browns Point Light
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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.[1]
History
Cupy the first light station on Browns Point, erected in 1887, consisted of a white light lens lantern on a white post that stood Script error: No such module "convert". above sea level and 50 yards from the low tide shoreline.[2] A wood-frame lighthouse and separate keepers cottage were built in 1901. The current lighthouse was built in 1933 and automated in 1963.[3] The lighthouse plus the original keeper's cottage, oil house and boathouse are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[4]
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.[5] 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.[6][7] The lighthouse is on the grounds of Browns Point Lighthouse Park which offers picnicking and scenic vistas of sea traffic and mountains.[8]
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External links
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- Browns Point Lighthouse Park Metro Parks Tacoma
- Points Northeast Historical Society
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- Lighthouses completed in 1887
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- Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state)
- Transportation buildings and structures in Pierce County, Washington
- Maritime museums in Washington (state)
- Museums in Pierce County, Washington
- Lighthouse museums in Washington (state)
- National Register of Historic Places in Pierce County, Washington