The lighting apparatus was supplied by Winslow Lewis and consisted of nine lamps with several fourteen-inch reflectors.

The new tower, ten feet taller than the first, was built on the same foundation, using some of the same brick.

The rear tower has a black vertical stripe to serve as the range line in daytime.

The rear tower was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

The Maritime Museum Louisiana is making efforts to restore and stabilize the light.