Outer Light served as a Front range Light when the first South Breakwater Inner Light was erected in 1889. Both lights were replaced in 1901, by the lights that presently exist, when the pier was extended. The Outer Light is a brick fog signal building with 35-foot light tower rising from the northwest corner of the building. The round cast iron lantern room is one of only a few with helical bars on the windows or panels. The Fourth Order lens was built by Barbier and Fenestre of Paris in 1877 and is believed to be the lens from the original 1877 light.
Visitors can walk out the south pier for a close look at the lighthouse.
It is an active aid to navigation and the building is not open to the public. Click on image to enlarge Photograph by John Meyland Close up of tower. N. Schultheiss Front view.