 The lighthouse served as a source of inspiration for Walter DuBois Richards, an artist, for over forty years.Since 1935, swimmers have been competing annually in the Arthur J. Ladrigan Swim Race, a one-mile (1.6 km) race from the lighthouse to Bayley Beach in the Rowayton section of Norwalk.This list includes known keepers, but excludes assistants and non-officers of the Coast Guard.