This is the New Lighthouse, the less-glamorous but much more practical younger sister of the Old Lighthouse which gets all the attention. The Old Lighthouse is a much more picturesque and beautiful building, but it was actually a bit of a failure as a lighthouse: because it's so high on a hill, it can't be seen as well underneath the marine layer of fog which rolls in almost nightly. The newer, more visible lighthouse shown here was built in 1891, at a much lower elevation. In fact, it's near the water's edge, and the buildings around it currently house the Coast Guard members stationed here. (6" X 8", o/cp.)
