Yaquina Bay Lighthouse
Lighthouse Trail

      
Just a few
      steps up the lighthouse trail brings you to the "classic"
      view of the south facade. From here, the restoration work completed
      over the past several years is evident. The traditional paint
      scheme is simple: a white structure with light brown shutters
      and fire-engine red light tower. The restoration also included
      reconstruction of the white picket fence that frames the house,
      consistent with the period architecture.


      


      
  The
      scope of the preservation efforts needed to save the lighthouse
      from destruction is only evident when you compare the current
      condition of the structure with the 1962 photo, below, where
      the original clapboard siding had been obscured with shingles,
      windows were boarded up and the front porch and stairway were
      crumbling. For more historic photos, be sure to visit the Yaquina Bay
      History pages
      on this site.