Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Texas Lighthouses--Port Isabel Light

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PORT ISABEL (POINT ISABEL) LIGHT

State: TEXAS
Location: BRAZOS SANTIAGO PASS
Nearest City: PORT ISABEL
County: CAMERON
U.S.C.G. District: 8
Year Station Established: 1853

Photo courtesy of Ted Smith.

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1853
Is the Light Operational? NO
Date Deactivated: 1905
Automated: N/A
Foundation Materials: NATURAL/EMPLACED
Construction Materials: BRICK
Markings/Patterns: WHITE
Shape: CONICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 57
Original Optic: 15 LAMPS, 21 REFLECTORS
Year Original Lens Installed: 1854
Present Optic: REMOVED
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 82
Fresnel Lens Disposition:

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES (RECONSTRUCTION OF 1855 STRUCTURE)

Year Constructed: 1995
Number of Stories: 1
Architectural Style:
Construction Materials: WOOD

Other Structures:

Current Use: HISTORIC SITE

Owner/Manager: TEXAS PARKS & WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT/CITY OF PORT ISABEL

Open to the Public? YES (Go to Lighthouses to Visit for access information)

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #76002014
Name of Listing: POINT ISABEL LIGHTHOUSE
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1952

Miscellaneous:
TOP OF TOWER DESTROYED IN CIVIL WAR AND REBUILT IN THE LATE 1860S, TOWER EXTENDED APPROXIMATELY 3 FEET TO ACCOMMODATE THIRD ORDER FRESNEL LENS IN 1880S; RESTORATION TO ITS 1880S APPEARANCE COMPLETED IN 2000

Last Modified: Fri, Mar 01 2002 12:26:02 pm EDT
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