Two Beach Drive beauties are turning over the century this year. According to King County Records, this gal was born in 1913…
Sweetheart, you haven’t changed a bit!
Not sure of the year but check out the ride out front!
The next centurion is actually a remodel that was finished up in 1913 replacing a lens-lantern atop a wooden post. This is an excerpt from Lighthouse Friends .Com
After the government purchased an octagonal parcel at the tip of the point from Edmund Hansen for a sum of $9,999. the present concrete fog signal building with attached, thirty-seven foot octagonal tower was completed on April 29th, 1913, and the station was activated a few weeks later on June 1.
Photo courtesy of University of Washington archives
Circa 1959 from Washington State Digital Archives
Here’s a few pics of the beacon taken earlier today from the S.S. Scupper. Notice the blue tent out front of the Coast Guard residence. They’re preparing for grand birthday party tomorrow to commemorate the 100 year anniversary. The Log House Museum is also hosting a shin-dig from noon to 4!
Weather is predicted for the high 60’s tomorrow.
Scupper, reporting for Beach Drive Blog
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