 The Humboldt Harbor Light located on the north spit of the Humboldt Bay Bar entrance had for many years been criticized as being too low.In 1892 the Lighthouse Service constructed a light station on Table Bluff, a promontory south of Humboldt Bay, but within-view of the bay.The original station consisted of a duplex Victorian quarters, fog-signal building, and a keepers quarters with light tower attached.