San Pedro in Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Point Fermin Lighthouse

Photographed by Craig Baker, August 15, 2021

1. Point Fermin Lighthouse Marker

Inscription.
Point Fermin Light House, dedicated by Stephen M. White and Rudecinda Parlors Native Sons and Native Daughters of the Golden West, San Pedro, California, May 2, 1940. Built 1874.

Point Fermin Lighthouse, erected 1874. Honored as a monument of American seafaring by Susan B. Anthony Chapter DAR, 1972. U.S.A. Bicentennial.

Erected 1940 by Native Sons and Native Daughters of the Golden West; Daughters of the American Revolution. (Marker Number 1237.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Lighthouses, the Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument, and the Native Sons/Daughters of the Golden West series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1874.

Location. 33° 42.324′ N, 118° 17.622′ W. Marker is in Los Angeles, California, in Los Angeles County. It is in San Pedro. It can be reached from Point Fermin Park south of Paseo Del Mar. Marker panels are on the lawn south of the light house in Point Fermin Park - south of the intersection of South Gaffey Street and Paseo Del Mar. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 807 W Paseo Del Mar, San Pedro CA 90731, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in California’s Transverse Ranges.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other

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markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Korean Friendship Bell (approx. half a mile away); Battery Osgood-Farley Historic Site (approx. half a mile away); Stephen M. White (approx. 0.6 miles away); Fort MacArthur (approx. 0.6 miles away); Cabrillo Beach Bath House (approx. 0.6 miles away); a different marker also named Fort MacArthur (approx. 1.1 miles away); Casa de San Pedro (approx. 1.2 miles away); Japanese Americans at White Point (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Los Angeles.

Regarding Point Fermin Lighthouse. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. Designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 1237 in 2021.

Point Fermin Lighthouse image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Richard E. Miller, December 4, 2011

2. Point Fermin Lighthouse

Lighthouse and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Richard E. Miller, December 4, 2011

3. Lighthouse and Marker

The marker is next to the walkway near the light pole.

Point Fermin Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Richard E. Miller, December 4, 2011

4. Point Fermin Park

Point Fermin Park and Lighthouse image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Richard E. Miller, December 8, 2011

5. Point Fermin Park and Lighthouse

Viewed from W. Paseo del Mar.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 12, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 28, 2011, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,346 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on August 16, 2021, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. 2, 3, 4. submitted on December 28, 2011, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. 5. submitted on February 12, 2012, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.