Point Retreat Light Station
a.k.a. Point Retreat Lighthouse; AHRS Site No. JUN-0084
On Mansfield Peninsula at N. end of Admiralty Island near Jct. of Lynn Canal and Stephens Passage, Juneau, AK Local significance of the district: Maritime History; Architecture; Transportation
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
About National Register Listings
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.
Alaska was once owned by Russia and was known as "Russian America". The Russians established their first settlement on the Kenai Peninsula in 1786, and Alaska remained a Russian colony until it was sold to the United States in 1867.