Hereford Inlet Lighthouse
by Carolyn Derstine
Title
Hereford Inlet Lighthouse
Artist
Carolyn Derstine
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
The Hereford Inlet Light is a historic lighthouse located in North Wildwood in Cape May County, New Jersey and is listed on both the National and State Registers of Historic Places. Today the authentically restored Lighthouse is both a working lighthouse and a museum. In the summer, beautiful Victorian cottage style gardens surround the Lighthouse and extend out to the seawall.
Strong currents and shifting sandbars near the entrance to the Inlet caused frequent groundings and shipwrecks so construction was begun on a lighthouse on the dune area overlooking the approach to the Inlet and completed in 1874. This wood frame residential style Lighthouse was designed by the Lighthouse Boards Chief Draftsman, Paul J. Pelz. His Victorian era design is referred to as Swiss Carpenter Gothic and also Stick Style. Today this lighthouse is often called "The Victorian Lighthouse". Hereford is the only Lighthouse like it on the East Coast although it had five sister lights on the West Coast. Paul Pelz would later garner world wide fame as the designer of the Library of Congress in Washington D.C.
Hereford stood firm against the onslaught of the winds, rains, and tides for 40 years at its original location. A severe storm in August of 1913 significantly damaged the foundation, requiring it to be moved westward 150 feet to where it sits today.
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March 26th, 2015
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