The Marrowstone Point Light is an active

navigation Navigation is a field of study that focuses on the process of monitoring and controlling the movement of a craft or vehicle from one place to another.Bowditch, 2003:799. The field of navigation includes four general categories: land navigation, ...

al aid overlooking

Admiralty Inlet Admiralty Inlet is a strait in the U.S. state of Washington connecting the eastern end of the Strait of Juan de Fuca to Puget Sound. It lies between Whidbey Island and the northeastern part of the Olympic Peninsula. Boundaries It is generally c ...

at the northern tip of

Marrowstone Island Marrowstone is a census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson County, Washington, United States. The population was 844 at the 2010 census. All Marrowstone addresses are in Nordland, Washington, and the ZIP code for Marrowstone Island is 98358. ...

, Jefferson County,

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, in the

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. It lies adjacent to but is not part of

Fort Flagler State Park Fort Flagler State Park is a public recreation area that occupies the site of Fort Flagler, a former United States Army fort at the northern end of Marrowstone Island in Washington. The state park occupies at the entrance to Admiralty Inlet and ...

; it may be viewed from the park's beach but is not open to the public.

History

The Marrowstone Point Lighthouse is on Marrowstone Point, which is located at the northern tip of

and forms the eastern entrance to

Port Townsend Bay Port Townsend Bay, also called Port Townsend, is a marine inlet off Admiralty Inlet at the northeastern extreme of the Olympic Peninsula in the U.S. state of Washington. It was named Port Townsend by George Vancouver in 1792. The name Port Townsend ...

. The point was first marked by a lens lantern on a pole in 1888. A fog bell was added to the station in 1896, and a one-and-a-half-story dwelling was constructed on the point to house Marrowstone Point's first station keeper, Osmond Hale Morgan (1826–1907), a sea captain, who came from Whidbey Island with his wife, Frances Elizabeth (Avery) Morgan (1833–1899), and five children. In 1912, the light was placed on a small, concrete structure. After mariners complained that the fog bell at the point was often inaudible, a small, square cement building outfitted with three large trumpets was put into service in 1918. The light was also mounted on top of the fog signal building. The grounds are now the site of the

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's Marrowstone Marine Field Station, with the original keeper's quarters used for office and living space.

References

{{authority control Lighthouses completed in 1888 Buildings and structures completed in 1918 Lighthouses in Washington (state) Transportation buildings and structures in Jefferson County, Washington 1888 establishments in Washington Territory