Maggs, a Seattle dentist, hung a canvas over the south window openings to break the wind and keep the kerosene lamp from blowing out.

[5][7] Upon completion of the light station in February 1880, the lantern room held a fifth-order Fresnel lens.

The present 30-foot (9.1 m) brick and stucco tower is square and situated between the office and fog signal building.

The Coast Guard replaced the light in 2006 with a low-maintenance, post-mounted, rotating beacon.

[11] Since 2008, the station's keeper's quarters has been the national headquarters of the United States Lighthouse Society, a nonprofit preservation and educational organization.