This is the last in my series on Los Angeles area lighthouses. I wouldn't call this the "best", but I think it qualifies as the most interesting in the area.
This week's featured light is the Point Fermin lighthouse. It's also in Palos Verdes, and it's pretty close to the Angel's Gate lighthouse that's on the breakwater at the entrance to Los Angeles harbor. In some sense, this could be the "official" Los Angeles harbor lighthouse.
Location-wise, it's right here.
The Lighthouse Directory has a long entry; below are some considerable extractions.
Point Fermin Lighthouse Society"1874 (Paul J. Pelz). Inactive since 1942. 30 ft (9 m) square cylindrical wood tower rising from 2-story wood Italianate Victorian keeper's house. The active light (focal plane 120 ft (36.5 m); white flash every 10 s) is mounted on a 13 ft (4 m) pole. ... The original lantern was removed in 1942 but a wood replica lantern was installed in 1974. In December 2006 Malibu realtor Louis T. Busch donated the original 4th order Fresnel lens to the society for display at the lighthouse. Building painted white with gray trim; lantern and gallery black. ... Saved from demolition in 1972 and refurbished in 1972-74 by local preservationists, the lighthouse was then used for many years as the park superintendent's residence. In 2002 a $2.6 million project accomplished a complete restoration of the lighthouse. A chapter of the U.S. Lighthouse Society, the Point Fermin Lighthouse Society , supports the lighthouse and has opened it to visitors. In 2012 the lighthouse became available for transfer under NHLPA. The City of Los Angeles and three nonprofit organizations applied for ownership and in January 2015 ownership was awarded to the city. After various delays ownership was transferred formally in December 2018."
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