With all of the flak Los Angeles gets for being a hostile environment, we take solace in the fact that city's southernmost border greets the ocean with a humble, wood frame lighthouse from the 1800s. One of a half-dozen similar Victorian structures across the state, Point Fermin is like an idyllic East Coast export with all the natural beauty of the South Bay. Built in 1874, the Point Fermin Lighthouse was the first navigational light in San Pedro Bay. On December 15, 1874 the oil lantern with its fourth order Fresnel lens was officially lit for the first time. Paul J. Pelz, a draftsman for the U.S. Lighthouse Board, designed the Stick Style Victorian lighthouse. It is characterized by gabled roofs, horizontal siding, decorative cross beams and hand carved porch railings.
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