Pointe aux Herbes Lighthouse

Oct. 1, 2019
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Pointe aux Herbes Lighthouse, Pointe aux Herbes, South of New Orleans, Louisiana

Built in 1878.

POINTE AUX HERBES LIGHT

Location: SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE PONCHARTRAIN, NEAR POINT AUX HERBES, LOUISIANA
Station Established: 1875
Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: 1875
Operational? NO
Automated? N/A
Deactivated: 1945
Foundation Materials: UNKNOWN
Construction Materials: UNKNOWN
Tower Shape: LANTERN ON SQUARE DWELLING
Markings/Pattern: BLACK LANTERN ON WHITE SQUARE DWELLING ON FIVE PIERS
Relationship to Other Structure: INTEGRAL 
Original Lens: FIFTH ORDER FRESNEL

Historical Information:

  • The Point Aux Herbes Light was built to replace the Bayou Bonfouca Light which was destroyed during the Civil War.
  • The light was deactivated after World War II.
  • Vandals burned down the light in 1950’s.

Researched and written by Melissa Buckler, a volunteer through the Chesapeake Chapter of the U.S. Lighthouse Society.
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