The restoration of the lighthouse began in 2001 and was completed in 2006, requiring a replica lantern and extensive structural repairs and replacement of the crumbling of the blocks.

The land upon which Avery Point Light was constructed was owned by Morton F. Plant's estate; his Branford House is located several hundred feet away.

[3] Construction of the tower was completed in March 1943; it is built of brown concrete blocks and topped with an octagonal wooden lantern.

The lantern gallery deck is constructed of concrete and lined with thirty two Italian marble balusters, originally imported from Italy around 1900.

[7] Though it never had a formal keeper, the lighthouse was tended by personnel or students from the United States Coast Guard Training Station.

[7] The Avery Point Light was listed by the university as being in "dangerously poor condition" by July 1997 and declared it a safety hazard.

[7] In December 2007, Lighthouse Digest included a brief article with the title "Avery Point added to Doomsday List" after rumors of it being torn down were reported.

[8] The article included two images that show the blocked off lighthouse with its crumbling bricks and a sign reading "Keep Out Hazardous Area".

[9] In 2001, Connecticut State Senator Catherine Cook introduced a bill for $150,000 in bonds to fund the restoration of the Avery Point Light;[10] it was later approved.

In 2003, federal funding for another $100,000 came from the National Park Service's "Save America’s Treasures Act" and it was endorsed by Senators Christopher Dodd and Joseph Lieberman.