[2] Ironically, three wrecks occurred in the light's vicinity within the first fifteen years of its operation.

[3] The condition of the house was reviled by early keepers, and Stephen Pleasonton, the first federal supervisor of lighthouses, had requested the light's disestablishment.

[3] This consisted of a 30-foot cast iron cylindrical tower lined with brick, which stood immediately adjacent to a newly erected keeper's house, the old building having been demolished as an obstruction.

Just to the left and behind the house, the picturesque original oil storage shed for the lighthouse can still be seen [4] and is often the subject of photographs and paintings itself.

Evidence for the move was found in the form of letters detailing the transfer, which were uncovered by Colleen MacNeney.