 By 2014, it is active, using a fourth order Fresnel lens on loan from the Coast Guard, but is not an official aid to navigation.In late 2007, the Mystic Seaport asked Oudens Ello Architecture to develop a design proposal for the light.Oudens Ello Architecture developed a "multilayered system of open wood slats and sound absorptive material creating an interior environment evocative of a Nantucket basket."