 The keeper 's house from 1833 had a frame kitchen addition that connected to the lighthouse , but it was replaced in 1858 with a Gothic Revival gambrel @-@ roofed wood @-@ frame house . In 1966 , the house was torn down and replaced by a duplex house . In 1852 , a fourth @-@ order Fresnel lens from <unk> and <unk> replaced the original ten lamps and 9 @-@ inch ( 230 mm ) reflectors . In 1890 , a fifth @-@ order Fresnel lens , which is still in the tower today , was installed . An appropriation of $ 800 was made for a fog bell in 1850 , and it was installed in 1854 at a cost of $ 1000 . Two years later the machinery to automatically strike the fog bell was completed . The 1867 renovation saw the addition of a fog siren , but it was removed and replaced with the fog bell in 1874 and a new fog bell was later installed in 1883 . Lynde Point Lighthouse used whale oil until 1879 when it switched to kerosene , it was electrified in 1955 and fully automated by the United States Coast Guard in 1978 . 
