Mayo's Beach Lighthouse

Year Built

1837 (first light) - 1881 (second light)

Cost

$3,000

Type

Cylindrical

Height

25 feet (second light)

Location

Mayo Beach on Cape Cod

Automated Year

N/A

First Lit

1881

Lens Type

N/A

Fog Signal

N/A

Year Deactivated

1922

Color

White

Last Keeper - Date

Fred M. Pease (at least 1919 – at least 1921)

Description

The cast-iron tower was relocated to Yerba Buena Station in San Francisco Bay in 1925.

Brief History

•  Between 1838-1842 Three shipwrecks occurred in the vicinity of the light station. The most notable was the brig Diligence.
•  In 1843, Fifth Auditor Stephen Pleasonton, noting that the light was useful “to a few fishermen only, who could very well enter the port without it.
•  1881, The lighthouse was replaced by larger house with a separate tower.
•  In 1898 A major storm carried away the plank bulkheads and soil around the house.
•  The government finally accepted the argument that Mayo’s Beach Light was not necessary and decommissioned it on March 10, 1922.