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This house and the other structures of the Mukilteo Light Station remain almost the same as when they were built in 1905, although a garage was added in the 1920s. The construction was well done and the full basements in both houses have seldom leaked despite their lowland location. Specialists in historic home construction enjoy examining the construction methods and there have been several requests over the years for copies of construction plans. The lighthouse was restored to its original appearance in 1987. The lighthouse and station keeper’s houses are painted the traditional white with green trim and red roofs, providing visual daytime landmarks to mariners.

In the 1960s, the Coast Guard came up with plans to replace the Fresnel lens in the Mukilteo Lighthouse with a modern, rotating, aero-beacon. The Mukilteo Historical Society led the entire community to protest vehemently, and the lens stayed in the tower. The Mukilteo Historical Society later acquired another Fresnel lens to put on display in the first floor of the lighthouse, a fourth-order bulls-eye lens, probably used in a lighthouse in the San Juan Islands.