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Photograph of Point Robinson Light
Photograph by bengrey, CC BY-SA 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Point Robinson Light Station

Built in 1887 (Neoclassical architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

From the record

“The Point Robinson Light is an operational aid to navigation and historic lighthouse on Puget Sound, located at Point Robinson, the easternmost point of Maury Island, King County, in the U.S. state of Washington. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.”

Wikipedia article Point Robinson Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 324 National Register listings published here for King County · listed in 2004 · category: District · built in 1887, Neoclassical architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • Address. NE end of Maury Island in Puget Sount, Vashon Island, 98070
  • When was it listed? April 2004
  • Category. district
  • Census division. Vashon Island
  • When was it built? 1887
  • Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
  • National Register reference number. 04000359 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Point Robinson Light Station: 12 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ellisport Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
J.K. Gunter PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Maury Island PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Maury Island PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Maury Island PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Scalzo PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in King County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Covenant Beach Bible Camp2.5 miles2006
Tracy House3.3 miles1995
Dockton Hotel4.2 miles1983
Untitled Earthwork-Johnson Pit #304.5 miles2021
Shawnee House5.1 miles2000
Erick Gustave Sanders Mansion5.7 miles1986

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 04000359 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
King CountyAll 324 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.