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| Location | Browns Point, Washington |
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| Coordinates | 47°18′21.3″N122°26′39.4″W / 47.305917°N 122.444278°W /47.305917; -122.444278 |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1887 |
| Foundation | Concrete |
| Construction | Concrete |
| Automated | 1963 |
| Height | 34 feet (10 m) (38 feet (12 m) above sea level) |
| Shape | Square without lantern |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place  |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1933 (current tower); 1903 (previous tower);[1] 1887 (first structure) |
| Focal height | 12 m (39 ft) |
| Lens | VRB-25 |
| Range | 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) |
| 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). |
Browns Point Lighthouse and Keeper's Cottage | |
| Nearest city | Tacoma, Washington |
| Area | 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) |
| Built | 1933 (1933) |
| Architectural style | Modernistic |
| NRHP reference No. | 89000208[2] |
| Added to NRHP | February 16, 1989 |
TheBrowns Point Lighthouse is alighthouse located nearTacoma onBrowns Point at the east entrance toPuget Sound'sCommencement Bay,Pierce County, Washington.[3]
Cupy the first light station on Browns Point, erected in 1887, consisted of a white light lens lantern on a white post that stood 12 feet (3.7 m) above sea level and 50 yards from the low tide shoreline.[4] A wood-frame lighthouse and separate keepers cottage were built in 1901. The current lighthouse was built in 1933 and automated in 1963.[5] The lighthouse plus the original keeper's cottage, oil house and boathouse are listed on theNational Register of Historic Places.[6] In 2021, the lighthouse was restored, in an effort led by the Points Northeast Historical Society, with $65,000 in donations from local residents. The restoration was led byMetro Parks Tacoma, and the lighthouse was re-dedicated on October 17, 2021.[7]
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.[8] 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.[9][10] The lighthouse is on the grounds of Browns Point Lighthouse Park which offers picnicking and scenic vistas of sea traffic and mountains.[11]
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