The role comes with free rent, a healthcare plan and the ability to withstand frequent blasts from a foghorn.
The East Brother Light Station is a historic lighthouse built in the 1870s on an island in the San Francisco Bay that is now run as a bed-and-breakfast for public visitors. Have you ever dreamed of living on the water, or are just a misanthrope who doesn’t like being around people? Here’s some major news for you: A tiny lighthouse in the San Francisco Bay is looking for a pair of new keepers.
The sun sets over the East Brother Light Station, a lighthouse built in the 1870s on an island in the San Francisco Bay. The East Brother Light Station was built in 1874 north of what’s now the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. It was the home of many lighthouse keepers and their families, who prevented ship collisions with a foghorn and a beaming Fresnel lens. The U.S. Coast Guard automated the station in 1969, and in 1980 – thanks to Butt and other preservationists – reopened as a charming bed-and-breakfast where the public can sleep for a one-of-a-kind vacation.
One recent keeper, Desiree Heveroh, was stranded alone on the island without power for months during Covid when an underwater electric cable broke. She couldn’t shower more than once a week and canned her own food because freezers weren’t operational. Still, she made the best of it, as: “I grew a garden. I trained a raven. I had a baby duckling. I learned a language. All the things you say you’re going to do, I did. I didn’t look at clocks or calendars, and it was as glorious as it sounds.
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