To save costs, the lantern room from the decommissioned Admiralty Head lighthouse was removed and placed atop the shorter tower.

[3] In the mid-1970s the Coast Guard decided to remove the Fresnel lens and test a DCB airport style beacon.

He remained in charge from April of that year until December 1882, when he was transferred to Ediz Hook Light Station and replaced by Amos Morgan, who served until March 1896.

Michelle and Seth Jackson and their dog Chicago were the last to hold the post of lighthouse keepers.

Within months, the United States Lighthouse Society started the New Dungeness chapter and were able to secure a lease from the Coast Guard.