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Browns Point Light

{{Short description|Lighthouse in Washington, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox lighthouse

| name = Browns Point Lighthouse

| image = Laurie -4-2 Browns Point Light house Tacoma Washington.jpg

| image_width = 250px

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| location = Browns Point, Washington

| coordinates = {{coord|47|18|21.3|N|122|26|39.4|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| yearlit = 1933 (current tower); 1903 (previous tower); 1887 (first structure)

| yearbuilt = 1887

| automated = 1963

| yeardeactivated =

| foundation = Concrete

| construction = Concrete

| shape = Square without lantern

| height = {{convert|34|ft}} ({{convert|38|ft}} above sea level)

| lens = VRB-25

| range = {{convert|12|nmi}}

| characteristic = Flashing white light every 5s, Light obscured from 217° to 002°. HORN: 2 blasts ev 30s (2s bl-2s si-2s bl-24s si).

| module = {{Infobox NRHP

| embed = yes

| name = Browns Point Lighthouse and Keeper's Cottage

| nrhp_type = nrhp

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| caption =

| nearest_city = Tacoma, Washington

| built = {{Start date|1933}}

| architect =

| architecture = Modernistic

| added = February 16, 1989

| area = {{convert|2.5|acre}}

| refnum = 89000208{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

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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.

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 {{convert|12|ft}} above sea level and 50 yards from the low tide shoreline. A wood-frame 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.

References

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{{cite web|url=http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=121 |title=Browns Point, WA |publisher=Lighthousefriends |accessdate=April 20, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427124825/http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=121 |archivedate=April 27, 2015 }}

{{cite web |url=http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHWA.asp |title=Historic Light Station Information & Photography: Washington |publisher=U.S. Coast Guard |date=November 17, 2014 |accessdate=April 20, 2015}}

{{cite web |url=https://www.uscg.mil/d13/img/lighthouses/docs/LIGHTS_PRO.doc |title=13th Coast Guard District Lighthouses |publisher=13th Coast Guard District |date=January 1996 |accessdate=April 20, 2015}}

{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=5648 |title=Browns Point Light Station |publisher=HistoryLink |encyclopedia=The Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History |first= Daryl C. |last=McClary |date=March 19, 2014 |accessdate=April 20, 2015}}

{{cite web|url=http://www.metroparkstacoma.org/history-browns-point-lighthouse-park/ |title=History of Browns Point Lighthouse Park |publisher=Metro Parks Tacoma |accessdate=April 20, 2015}}

{{cite web|url=http://pointsnortheast.org/cottage-rental |title=Light Keeper's Cottage Rental |publisher=Points Northeast Historical Society |accessdate=April 20, 2015}}

{{cite web|url=http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/brownspt.htm |title=Browns Point Light |work=Inventory of Historic Light Stations: Washington Lighthouses |publisher=National Park Service |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040407151518/http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/brownspt.htm |archivedate=April 7, 2004 |accessdate=April 20, 2015}}

{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=89000208}} |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form |publisher=National Park Service |date=February 16, 1989 |accessdate=April 20, 2015}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.seattleandsound.com/brownspointlighthouse.html |title=Browns Point Lighthouse |publisher=Seattle and Sound |accessdate=April 20, 2015 |archive-date=April 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403072440/http://www.seattleandsound.com/brownspointlighthouse.html |url-status=dead }}

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More reading

  • {{cite book|title=Umbrella Guide to Washington Lighthouses |author=Sharlene Nelson |author2=Ted Nelson |name-list-style=amp |publisher=Epicenter Press |date=1998 |isbn=9780945397700}}

External links

  • {{commons category-inline|Browns Point Light}}
  • [http://www.metroparkstacoma.org/browns-point-lighthouse-park/ Browns Point Lighthouse Park] Metro Parks Tacoma
  • [http://pointsnortheast.org/ Points Northeast Historical Society]

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Category:Lighthouses completed in 1887

Category:Lighthouses completed in 1933

Category:Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state)

Category:Transportation buildings and structures in Pierce County, Washington

Category:Maritime museums in Washington (state)

Category:Museums in Pierce County, Washington

Category:Lighthouse museums in Washington (state)

Category:National Register of Historic Places in Pierce County, Washington