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Painting Of Cape Lookout Lighthouse Complete, Tours Start May 12

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By NPT Staff - May 4th, 2015
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Freshly repainted, the Cape Lookout Light is ready for public tours to resume/NPS

Now looking younger than its years with a fresh coat of paint, the Cape Lookout Lighthouse will open for public climbs on May 12.

The exterior paint was at the end of its life cycle due to the harsh weather environment and followed by three recent hurricanes, Irene, Sandy and Arthur, which furthered caused the paint to fail exposing the brick to moisture and deterioration, according to seashore officials.

After Hurricane Sandy, the park submitted and received the funds to repaint the lighthouse.

'œThe lighthouse looks amazing and visitors are going to really enjoy seeing the lighthouse,' said Superintendent Pat Kenney. "We hope that everyone will come out and visit the park and see the great work that was accomplished to help preserve this iconic lighthouse.'

Working closely with the National Park Service Historic Preservation Center in Maryland, Amidon Contracting Solutions from Wake Forest, North Carolina, was selected as the project prime contractor. H.I.S. Painting from Titusville, Florida, was the sub-contractor that performed the painting.

The painting crew was made-up of two painters and two ground tenders. In preparing for the painting of the masonry portions of the tower, the National Park Service Preservation and Skills Training Program crew and staff for the Cape Lookout reconstructed and installed ten new windows and sashes that had become severely weathered. All the work was officially completed April 17. 

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