was then listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970, and restored under the Historic Preservation Act in 1974. At that time, its ownership was transferred to the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. The light was re-lit on December 7, 1996, with "a modern optic, on loan from lighthouse historian James A. Gibbs." The lighthouse is now a privately maintained navigational aid belonging to the U.S. Coast Guard that displays "a fixed white light visible for six miles," and is open for public viewing and tours daily. The Yaquina Bay structure is the only existing lighthouse in the state in which the living quarters are housed in the same building as the light. Only a few with this arrangement were built on the entire Pacific coast. The building is reputed to be haunted. The haunting is the subject of a fictional work by a local author called The Lighthouse Ghost Of Yaquina Bay. See also Yaquina Bay State Recreation Site List of lighthouses in Oregon References External links Yaquina Bay Light entry in National Park Service inventory of historic lighthouses (web archive) Friends of Yaquina Lighthouses Yaquina Bay Lighthouse from Splintercat Lighthouses completed in 1871 Houses completed in 1871 Oregon Coast Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon Newport, Oregon Lighthouse museums in Oregon Transportation buildings and structures in Lincoln County, Oregon Museums in Lincoln County, Oregon National Register of Historic Places in Lincoln County, Oregon 1871 establishments in Oregon