San Pedro’s historic Point Fermin Lighthouse will be front and center for the remainder of 2024 as its 150th birthday is celebrated.
Diane Bertelsen, Martha McKinzie and Kristen Heather in front of the Point Fermin Lighthouse which dates back to the late 1840s. The city of Los Angeles and the harbor were just beginning to grow and the site for a lighthouse was chosen in 1872 and Congress appropriated $20,000 for construction in June of that year. On Dec. 15, 1874, the inaugural lighting was held. Diane Bertelsen, Martha McKinzie and Kristen Heather in front of the Point Fermin Lighthouse which dates back to the late 1840s.
Diane Bertelsen, Martha McKinzie and Kristen Heather in front of the Point Fermin Lighthouse which dates back to the late 1840s. The city of Los Angeles and the harbor were just beginning to grow and the site for a lighthouse was chosen in 1872 and Congress appropriated $20,000 for construction in June of that year. On Dec. 15, 1874, the inaugural lighting was held.
Diane Bertelsen, Martha McKinzie and Kristen Heather in front of the Point Fermin Lighthouse which dates back to the late 1840s. The city of Los Angeles and the harbor were just beginning to grow and the site for a lighthouse was chosen in 1872 and Congress appropriated $20,000 for construction in June of that year. On Dec. 15, 1874, the inaugural lighting was held.
One of the oldest buildings in Southern California, the Point Fermin Lighthouse dates back to the late 1840s, when the city of Los Angeles and the harbor were just beginning to grow. The site for a lighthouse was chosen in 1872 and Congress appropriated $20,000 for construction in June of that year.For decades, the lighthouse helped guide ships to shore at what would become the Port of Los Angeles.
“For everyone, it’s different,” she said. “There are people who love the historical aspect of the lighthouse and the harbor. Others admire the architecture and the third group is what I call the romantics; it’s the idea of the lighthouse on the water, saving people.” That history includes nearly being torn down. In 1925, the lighthouse had been deemed unnecessary because of the newer and more powerful Point Vicente lighthouse –so the Point Fermin one was set for demolition. But thanks to lighthouse supporters, it was turned over to the city of Los Angeles instead.
May 28-June: Students graduating the same year as the lighthouse’s 150th birthday will be invited to take photographs on the grounds and in front of a graduation-themed banner at the lighthouse.
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