Description: The Yaquina Bay Lighthouse is believed to be the oldest structure in Newport Oregon. It has attracted much attention over the last 150 years, not for its modest beauty, but its ghostly reputation that perhaps spared it from demolition. In 1873, the Yaquina Head Lighthouse was built just three miles north of the Yaquina Bay station. The orders for the new lighthouse were for the structure to be built on Cape Foulweather, some 15 miles north. But a local Army colonel decided that Cape Foulweather presented too difficult a challenge, with its steep cliffs, and chose Yaquina Head instead, easily accessible from Newport. The lighthouse was decommissioned just three years after it was built. It fell into disrepair and was nearly forgotten until a magazine writer gave it new life more than 20 years later. Lischen Miller published a short story in 1899 called “The Haunted Light at Newport by the Sea” in Pacific Monthly Magazine. The article tells the story of a young girl named Muriel Trevenard. She was left at a boarding house by her seafaring father. One day, Muriel and a group of kids explored the abandoned lighthouse on the hill where they found a secret door inside. The ghost story took on a life of its own and garnered the lighthouse an infamous reputation. In the 1940s, the structure was scheduled for demolition, but a group of residents formed the Lincoln County Historical Society in an effort to save it. With help from a wealthy industrialist, they raised enough money to spare the lighthouse from demolition. The lighthouse operated as a county museum before it was restored as a working lighthouse and listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Today, volunteers give tours of the building and people always ask if it’s haunted. The images are 4 ½” x 6 ½” with period text on the backs. Some edge and corner wear, but the main images are clean and sharp. Sold together only.
Price: 150 USD
Location: Tempe, Arizona
End Time: 2025-01-11T02:01:30.000Z
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Item Specifics
Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Type: Photograph
Format: Unmounted
Year of Production: 1914
Size: 4 x 6 in
Theme: Topographical
Image Color: Black & White
Material: Paper
Time Period Manufactured: 1900-1924
Production Technique: Gelatin-Silver Print
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Subject: Lighthouse
