Heceta Head Light

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**Heceta Head Light**
A closeup of Heceta Head Lighthouse
Location:	Heceta Head
Foundation:	Natural/emplaced
Construction:	Brick/stuccoed
Year first lit:	1894
Automated:	1963
Tower shape:	Conical attached to workroom
Height:	56 feet
Original lens:	First order Fresnel lens

Heceta Head Light is a lighthouse located on U.S. Route 101 14 miles north of Florence, Oregon, United States. It is located at Heceta Head Lighthouse State Scenic Viewpoint. Built in 1894, the lighthouse is maintained by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, while the assistant lighthouse keepers' house, operated as a bed and breakfast, is maintained by the U.S. Forest Service. The lighthouse is two miles away from Sea Lion Caves.

Heceta Head is named after the Spanish explorer Bruno de Heceta, who explored the Pacific Northwest during the late 18th century.

View of Heceta Head Light showing Heceta Head

The lighthouse and its accompanying keepers' quarters were placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. ^[1] The site originally included several other buildings—farm buildings and the single-family head lighthouse keeper's house, which was demolished in 1940. The remaining keepers' house was a duplex that housed the first and second assistant lighthouse keepers and their families. After the light was automated in 1963, the last keepers moved away and the remaining house was leased to Lane Community College in 1970 by the U.S. Forest Service, which had taken over management of the building. The porch of the Queen Anne-style house underwent restoration in 1981. ^[2]

[edit] References

^ National Register of Historic Places
^ Style & Vernacular: A Guide to the Architecture of Lane County, Oregon. Western Imprints, The Press of the Oregon Historical Society: 1983. ISBN 0-87595-085-X