Heceta Head

Year Established:
1894
Existing:
Yes
Source:
LL-1907
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2011
Photo Credit:
James Hill
Photo Courtesy of:
U.S. Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
NORTH OF SIUSLAW RIVER
Latitude:
44° 08'08"
Longitude:
124° 07'51"
City / Town:
FLORENCE
U.S. State:
Oregon
Location County:
LANE
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Owner / Manager:
Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
Open to Public:
Yes
Light List Data:
  1. Heceta Head
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Tower Established:
1894
Tower Construction Material:
BRICK/STUCCOED
Tower Foundation:
NATURAL/EMPLACED
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
204
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
50
Tower Shape:
CONICAL ATTACHED TO WORKROOM
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1894
Keeper's Quarters Style:
QUEEN ANNE
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD
Other Structures:
2 OIL HOUSES (1 NOW SERVES AS GENERATOR HOUSE), GARAGE/HORSE BARN; 1 OF 1893 KEEPERS WAS RAZED

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
Yes
Current Optic:
FIRST ORDER, FRESNEL
Original Optic Type:
FIRST ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1894
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jul 21, 2017