Eldred Rock Lighthouse Preservation Association board member Justin Fantasia takes measurements of the cupola at Eldred Rock Lighthouse on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

Eldred Rock Lighthouse Preservation Association board member Justin Fantasia takes measurements of the cupola at Eldred Rock Lighthouse on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

Photos: Preservation crew visits Eldred Rock Lighthouse

Take a look inside the historic building.

The Empire accompanied a crew from the Eldred Rock Lighthouse Preservation Association to the lighthouse Monday, getting an up-close look at Alaska’s oldest original lighthouse. Read more here.

Jonathan Wood, the Marine Exchange of Alaska’s representative on the Eldred Rock Lighthouse Preservation Association, walks out of Eldred Rock Lighthouse on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

Jonathan Wood, the Marine Exchange of Alaska’s representative on the Eldred Rock Lighthouse Preservation Association, walks out of Eldred Rock Lighthouse on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

Eldred Rock Lighthouse Preservation Association Executive Director Sue York and board member Justin Fantasia examine Eldred Rock Lighthouse on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire) Eldred Rock Lighthouse Preservation Association Executive Director Sue York and board member Justin Fantasia examine Eldred Rock Lighthouse on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

Eldred Rock Lighthouse Preservation Association Executive Director Sue York and board member Justin Fantasia examine Eldred Rock Lighthouse on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire) Eldred Rock Lighthouse Preservation Association Executive Director Sue York and board member Justin Fantasia examine Eldred Rock Lighthouse on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

Eldred Rock Lighthouse Preservation Association Executive Director Sue York consults diagrams at Eldred Rock Lighthouse on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

Eldred Rock Lighthouse Preservation Association Executive Director Sue York consults diagrams at Eldred Rock Lighthouse on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

Eldred Rock Lighthouse Preservation Association Executive Director Sue York and board members Justin Fantasia and Jonathan Wood examine a broken door at Eldred Rock Lighthouse on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

Eldred Rock Lighthouse Preservation Association Executive Director Sue York and board members Justin Fantasia and Jonathan Wood examine a broken door at Eldred Rock Lighthouse on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

Photos: Preservation crew visits Eldred Rock Lighthouse

Eldred Rock Lighthouse Preservation Association Executive Director Sue York and board members Justin Fantasia and Jonathan Wood examine a broken door at Eldred Rock Lighthouse on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

Cracks and broken concrete are pictured at Eldred Rock Lighthouse on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

Cracks and broken concrete are pictured at Eldred Rock Lighthouse on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

Eldred Rock Lighthouse is pictured on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

Eldred Rock Lighthouse is pictured on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

Eldred Rock Lighthouse Preservation Association board member Justin Fantasia takes notes at Eldred Rock Lighthouse on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

Eldred Rock Lighthouse Preservation Association board member Justin Fantasia takes notes at Eldred Rock Lighthouse on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

Eldred Rock Lighthouse Preservation Association Executive Director Sue York and Marine Exchange of Alaska’s board representative Jonathan Wood share ideas at the Eldred Rock Lighthouse on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

Eldred Rock Lighthouse Preservation Association Executive Director Sue York and Marine Exchange of Alaska’s board representative Jonathan Wood share ideas at the Eldred Rock Lighthouse on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

Eldred Rock Lighthouse Preservation Association Executive Director Sue York speaks to Marine Exchange of Alaska Field Operations Supervisor Nick Hatch at Eldred Rock Lighthouse on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

Eldred Rock Lighthouse Preservation Association Executive Director Sue York speaks to Marine Exchange of Alaska Field Operations Supervisor Nick Hatch at Eldred Rock Lighthouse on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

Eldred Rock Lighthouse Preservation Association board member Justin Fantasia takes measurements of the cupola at Eldred Rock Lighthouse on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

Eldred Rock Lighthouse Preservation Association board member Justin Fantasia takes measurements of the cupola at Eldred Rock Lighthouse on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

Eldred Rock Lighthouse Preservation Association Executive Director Sue York speaks to Marine Exchange of Alaska Field Operations Supervisor Nick Hatch at Eldred Rock Lighthouse on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

Eldred Rock Lighthouse Preservation Association Executive Director Sue York speaks to Marine Exchange of Alaska Field Operations Supervisor Nick Hatch at Eldred Rock Lighthouse on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

The light at Eldred Rock Lighthouse is pictured on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

The light at Eldred Rock Lighthouse is pictured on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

Eldred Rock Lighthouse Preservation Association Executive Director Sue York takes video on her phone at Eldred Rock Lighthouse on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

Eldred Rock Lighthouse Preservation Association Executive Director Sue York takes video on her phone at Eldred Rock Lighthouse on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

Eldred Rock Lighthouse is pictured on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

Eldred Rock Lighthouse is pictured on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

Cracks spread across the windows in the culpola at Eldred Rock Lighthouse on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

Cracks spread across the windows in the culpola at Eldred Rock Lighthouse on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

Jonathan Wood, the Marine Exchange of Alaska’s representative on the Eldred Rock Lighthouse Preservation Association, walks up the stairs of Eldred Rock Lighthouse on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

Jonathan Wood, the Marine Exchange of Alaska’s representative on the Eldred Rock Lighthouse Preservation Association, walks up the stairs of Eldred Rock Lighthouse on Monday, April 29, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

Previous
Tlingit pride propels a young woman to Girl Scouts’ highest achievement
Next
33rd annual festival is Bach in Juneau

More in News

(Juneau Empire file photo)
Aurora forecast through the week of March 16

These forecasts are courtesy of the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute… Continue reading

U.S. Sen. Dan. Sullivan (R-Alaska) walks through a hallway of protesters with his wife, Julie Fate Sullivan, before his annual address to the Alaska Legislature on Thursday, March 20, 2025. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire)
Sullivan generates warmth and heat with energy filled speech to Alaska Legislature

Senator takes barrage of friendly and confrontational questions from lawmakers about Trump’s agenda.

Research biologists pause among the wetlands of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain, with the Brooks Range in the background. The Trump administration is taking steps to offer the entire coastal plain for oil and gas leasing, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said on Thursday. (Lisa Hupp/USFWS)
Interior secretary announces plans to advance new Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil leasing

Follow-ups to Trump executive orders will mean leasing across ANWR, wider NPR development.

The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Storis near Tampa, Florida, on Dec. 10, 2024. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
Storis icebreaker expected to make ceremonial visit to Juneau this summer, officials say

Coast Guard icebreaker set to be homeported locally will still need further upgrades for deployment.

The Columbia state ferry docks at the Auke Bay Ferry Terminal on March 4. (Laurie Craig / For the Juneau Empire)
Alaska Marine Highway’s long-range plan met with skepticism and concerns

Residents decry loss of service, Murkowski says “once-in-a-generation” funding opportunity in peril.

A small commuter plane that crashed in western Alaska in early February killed 10 people. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
Small plane that crashed in Alaska, killing 10 people, was a half-ton overweight, U.S. says

A small plane that crashed in Alaska last month, killing all 10… Continue reading

Salmon dries on a traditional rack on the beach in the Seward Peninsula village of Teller on Sept. 2, 2021. Salmon is a dietary staple for Indigenous residents of Western Alaska, and poor runs have created hardship. (Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)
Bill would change the makeup of the Alaska Board of Fisheries

Would require commercial, sport and subsistence members, along with one representing scientists.

Sara Kveum speaks to the crowd rallying in front of the Alaska State Capitol, alongside Nikki Bass, both members of the Key Coalition of Alaska advocating for disability rights on March 19, 2025 (Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon)
‘We are done waiting!’ Advocates and supporters of Alaskans with disabilities rally at the Capitol

Participants focus on Medicaid, eliminating waitlists for support services, infant learning programs.

John Boyle, commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources (center left), sits with staff in the gallery of the Alaska House of Representatives as lawmakers debate the creation of a separate Alaska Department of Agriculture on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. Speaking is Rep. George Rauscher, R-Sutton. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)
Alaska Legislature halts Dunleavy effort to create agriculture department

Legislators cancel executive order but say a bill to create the department is possible later this year.

Most Read