Oregon Lighthouses Back to Inventory - Home Page Back to Inventory - List of Oregon Lighthouses CAPE ARAGO (CAPE GREGORY) LIGHT State: OREGON Location: GREGORY POINT / SOUTHWEST OF COOS BAY ENTRANCE Nearest City: CHARLESTON County: COOS U.S.C.G. District: 13 Year Station Established: 1866 Cape Arago (Cape Gregory) Light U.S. Coast Guard photo by Paul Powers, 1986. Existing Historic Tower: * Year Light First Lit: 1934 * Is the Light Operational? NO * Date Deactivated: 2006 * Automated: 1966 * Foundation Materials: CONCRETE * Construction Materials: REINFORCED CONCRETE * Markings/Patterns: WHITE TOWER, GREEN LANTERN, RED DOME * Shape: OCTAGONAL ATTACHED TO FOG SIGNAL BD * Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED * Tower Height: 44 * Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL * Year Original Lens Installed: 1866 * Modern Optic: VRB-25, SOLAR POWERED * Year Modern Lens Installed: 1998 * Height of Focal Plane: 100 * Fresnel Lens Disposition: FRESNEL LENS ON DISPLAY BY U.S. COAST GUARD GROUP NORTH BEND * Has tower been moved? NO Previous Tower(s): * 1. Construction Date: 1866 * Description: OCTAGONAL WROUGHT IRON TOWER AND LANTERN, PAINTED WHITE WITH DOME OF LANTERN PAINTED RED * Fate/Disposition: BLOWN UP WITH DYNAMITE 1936 * 2. Construction Date: 1908 * Description: OCTAGONAL WOOD FRAME BUILDING * Fate/Disposition: MOVED FURTHER EAST A SHORT DISTANCE, TOWER REMOVED, SERVED AS KEEPERS QUARTERS UNTIL RAZED IN 1960S Modern Tower? NO Existing Sound Signal Building? YES * Year Constructed: 1934 * Construction Materials: CONCRETE * Architectural Style: ATTACHED TO TOWER * Fog Signal Type: DIAPHRAM HORN (FA 232) Existing Keepers Quarters? NO RAZED 1957 * Year Constructed: 1896 * Number of Stories: 1.5 * Architectural Style: DUPLEX * Construction Materials: WOOD FRAME Other Structures: 3 SEALED CISTERNS, HIGH FOOT BRIDGE (ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED 1898), WHIP ANTENNA; DESTROYED: 1866 STORAGE SHEDS; WALKWAY; TRAMWAY; 1880 U.S. LIFESAVING SERVICE BOATHOUSE & CREW QUARTERS; 1870S BOATHOUSE; 1886 BARN; BRIDGES; 1891 CABLE TRAMWAY ISLAND TERMINAL HOUSE; STORAGE SHED; 1896 KEEPERS QUARTERS; 1898 OIL HOUSE Current Use: NONE Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD Open to the Public? NO National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #73002338 Name of Listing: CAPE ARAGO LIGHTHOUSE (LIGHTHOUSE STATIONS OF OREGON MPS) On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1970 Miscellaneous: USCG REPAINTED EXTERIOR IN 1998 AND MADE REPAIRS. LIGHT WAS DEACTIVATED ON JANUARY 1, 2006.