Alki Point Light, Washington

"No Lighthouse Access!"

It wasn't open, and all we could do is view the Alki Point Light from outside the fence.

The lighthouse is located on Puget Sound's Alki Point, the southern entrance to Seattle's Elliot Bay.  History says that the first unofficial light established at Alki Point was a kerosene lantern hung on a barn's side in 1870 by the property owner and farmer Hans Martin Hanson.  Later, the US Lighthouse Board recognized the need for an official light and placed a lens lantern atop a wooden post at the point. Mr. Henson was then assigned to be the lightkeeper.

It was sold to the government in 1910 by his son. The present structure was constructed in 1913 and remains in the hands of the US Coast Guard.

It was a nice drive with my son Jonathan to see another historic lighthouse from afar. At least, I've learned its history.