The lighthouse was the first, and only lighthouse, to be built on mainland Alaska. In the early 1930s, the Bureau of Lighthouses authorized reconstruction of the station with reinforced concrete. Work began in 1933 and was completed in 1935.
The lighthouse on mainland Alaska was the only one constructed there, and it was rebuilt with reinforced concrete in the early 1930s. Construction started in 1933 and finished in 1935.