Does This Look Like a Lighthouse?
By Sue Clark on Jul 22, 2009 in The Light Side 
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The Port of Edmonds Yacht Club, in Washington, has labored long and hard to rebuild their yacht club. The location was chosen, designs were approved, all permits were in place, and ground on this addition to the community was broken late last month. But wait, it’s supposed to be nautical. And look like a lighthouse.
Well, it is, but the lighthouse that the architects wanted to have incorporated into the building, which will be a community function hall, meeting room and more, just doesn’t look like a lighthouse. In fact, in a letter to the editor, one former lighthouse keeper referred to it as looking like a prison guardhouse. Well, you decide from the architect’s rendering below.
So, the architects redrew it, and now need to have it be eight feet taller. All well and good, but it requires a variance from height ordinances in the city. And at least one city council member says no. How this will play out, I ‘m not sure, but the way it’s pictured, it does look a bit like a prison guardhouse. Letters to the editor at the Edmonds Beacon seem to be in favor of raising the height. The Port of Edmonds approved the change.
It would be nice for a yacht club to have more of a nautical look to it, so here’s hoping the Yacht Club gets their variance, and can truly make their faux lighthouse actually look like a lighthouse. 
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7 Comment(s)
By Gary aka lighthousephoto on Jul 23, 2009 | Reply
I have to agree with the light keeper who wrote the letter to the editor… It does look more like a prison guard house!
By Sue Clark on Jul 23, 2009 | Reply
Makes you wonder if the architects have ever even seen a lighthouse.
By Melissa Horton on Jul 26, 2009 | Reply
I agree with Sue Clark…makes you wonder if the architect has ever seen a lighthouse before! LOL
By Melissa Horton on Jul 26, 2009 | Reply
doesn’t look like a lighthouse…..too nice for a prison guard house though! LOL
By Peter J Hill on Oct 29, 2009 | Reply
there are two words that come to mind; Form and Function, if they can’t make up thier mind on one, then the other will have the confused appearance of the building in the picture. If it’s meant to be a lighthouse then make it stand out in its individuality as all lighthouses do, in this respect the tower should have more height to it. I think maybe they should reconsider their thinking and turn the upper front elevation into the bridge of a ship, it will most certainly have the nautical theme about it without so much controversy
By epipla on Jul 13, 2011 | Reply
I would bet that this is a “Prison Guardhouse Tower”, well when someone has big fantasy comes out with inspired results
By epiplaperiklis on Dec 31, 2011 | Reply
LOL This is a prison guardhouse tower!!!!