Point Fermin Light – the lighthouse next to Angel's Gate, the entrance to the Port of Los Angeles – high on the rocky cliffs – built in 1874 with lumber from California redwoods – designed by Paul J. Pelz, a civil engineer for the United States Lighthouse Board and from 1872 to 1877 its chief draftsman. He would go on to be the main architect of the Library of Congress in Washington, but he was really a lighthouse guy. The actual light here was extinguished in 1941...
more »Point Fermin Light – the lighthouse next to Angel's Gate, the entrance to the Port of Los Angeles – high on the rocky cliffs – built in 1874 with lumber from California redwoods – designed by Paul J. Pelz, a civil engineer for the United States Lighthouse Board and from 1872 to 1877 its chief draftsman. He would go on to be the main architect of the Library of Congress in Washington, but he was really a lighthouse guy. The actual light here was extinguished in 1941 because of Pearl Harbor. It would be a beacon for enemy planes and ships. And then it wasn't necessary. Radar would keep ships from slamming into the rocks below, and then GPS was even better. But the building was too impressive to tear down. In 1972 Point Fermin Light was added to the National Register of Historic Places and made new again, or old again. ~ Friday, September 27, 2019
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