National Register of Historic Places

Anacapa Island Light Station (Additional Documentation)

Oxnard, Ventura County, California
Listed
September 2, 1991
Type
District
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
91001101

About this property

Anacapa Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse in California, United States, on the entrance to Santa Barbara Channel, California. Constructed in 1912, it was the last major light station built on the west coast. Anacapa and several other islands were collectively designated as Channel Islands National Monument in 1938, though the Coast Guard retained responsibility for the Anacapa lighthouse. Now fully automated and unmanned, the light house still operates, but the National Park Service (NPS) is responsible for Channel Islands National Park. Anacapa Island is noted now for an environmental restoration program devised by the NPS to exterminate the large population of non-native rats which infested the island and was making significant inroads on native species. The program, which began in 2003, selectively killed off the invaders with few adverse effects on the non-targeted native wildlife species. By 2014, after careful examination of the island, NPS could declare it rat-free.

Location

Oxnard, Ventura County, California
34.01586, -119.36221

Categories

COMMERCETRANSPORTATIONARCHITECTUREMARITIME HISTORY
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Sources

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When was Anacapa Island Light Station (Additional Documentation) listed on the National Register?

Anacapa Island Light Station (Additional Documentation) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 2, 1991.

What type of historic resource is Anacapa Island Light Station (Additional Documentation)?

Anacapa Island Light Station (Additional Documentation) is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Anacapa Island Light Station (Additional Documentation) is recorded as the industrial era.

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