A lighted buoy was placed offshore, the fourth order Fresnel lens was removed, and the station was boarded up and deactivated in 1951.

Historical Information from USCG web site: Punta Gorda originally consisted of 22 acres (89,000 m2) upon which were situated three dwellings, a small two-story concrete lighthouse, concrete oil house, a wooden fog signal building, blacksmith/carpenter-shop, three storage sheds, and a barn.

Local authorities evicted these people and the Bureau of Land Management burned all the buildings except the Lighthouse and oil house.

After the United States Coast Guard assumed command a rough road was constructed (that usually washed out) and a jeep was used for transportation.

[3] The Fresnel lens and the flag staff pole were removed many years ago to the Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum located near Eureka, California.