Zackary, Cheryl Shelton-Roberts and Bruce Roberts used a B & W photo in their book published last year, North Carolina Lighthouses, A Tribute of History and Hope and state that this is how the light appeared in the early 20th century.



The truncated tower we see today is 20' tall, and when it was whole, the lantern room added five feet.

The tower is it's original height...it was not rebuilt or added on to (or any of the other range lights, for that matter) after the war. You can see discrepencies in the brick color even in this photo, perhaps contributed to weather & mold.

Hope this helps. We've had this discussion already on LH.net.

Judy