Editor’s Note: This is the 10th in a series on vintage homes on Long Beach Island, the people who are preserving them, and the stories that make them special.

Known as the “Signal House,” the tall, commanding seafoam green home in Barnegat Light has been watching over the Island for well over a century. Built in 1898, the house was never intended to be a residence. It was constructed by the Coast Signal Service of the U.S.