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another look at the Light House Keeper Cottage. They even had a little garden in back.
from lighthousefriends.c ... =131: Life at Heceta Head became a little more modern and a little less isolated in the 1930s. In January 1931, Keeper Hermann noted, “[We are]virtually surrounded by road builders and the day for lonesomeness is passed.” Over the next fourteen months, a picturesque arched bridge was built to span Cape Creek and a lengthy tunnel was dug through the hill south of the lighthouse to complete the last portion of the Oregon Coast Highway.
Keeper Clifford Hermann, the station’s last civilian keeper, retried in 1950, after twenty-five years as head keeper at Heceta Head and forty-nine years in the Lighthouse Service. Hermann kept the station in tip-top condition during his tenure, earning an efficiency star from the inspector in 1930, 1931, and 1933. Upon his retirement, Hermann became the first civilian employee of the Coast Guard to receive the Albert Gallatin award.
from lighthousefriends.c ... =131: Life at Heceta Head became a little more modern and a little less isolated in the 1930s. In January 1931, Keeper Hermann noted, “[We are]virtually surrounded by road builders and the day for lonesomeness is passed.” Over the next fourteen months, a picturesque arched bridge was built to span Cape Creek and a lengthy tunnel was dug through the hill south of the lighthouse to complete the last portion of the Oregon Coast Highway.
Keeper Clifford Hermann, the station’s last civilian keeper, retried in 1950, after twenty-five years as head keeper at Heceta Head and forty-nine years in the Lighthouse Service. Hermann kept the station in tip-top condition during his tenure, earning an efficiency star from the inspector in 1930, 1931, and 1933. Upon his retirement, Hermann became the first civilian employee of the Coast Guard to receive the Albert Gallatin award.