BIG BAY POINT
LIGHTHOUSE
State: MICHIGAN
Location: UPPER PENINSULA/LAKE SUPERIOR
Nearest City: BIG BAY
County: MARQUETTE
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1896
Existing Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1896
- Is the Light Operational? YES
- Date Deactivated: 1961-1990
- Automated: 1941
- Foundation Materials: STONE
- Construction Materials: BRICK/REINFORCED CONCRETE
- Markings/Patterns: RED BRICK W/WHITE LANTERN
- Shape: SQUARE
- Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
- Tower Height: 65
- Original Optic: THIRD ORDER, FRESNEL
- Year Original Lens Installed: 1896
- Present Optic:
- Year Present Lens Installed: 1990
- Height of Focal Plane: 60
- Fresnel Lens Disposition: ORIGINAL LENS ON EXHIBIT
AT THE SITE
- Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s): N/A
Modern Tower? NO
Existing Sound Signal Building? YES
- Year Constructed: 1896
- Construction Materials: BRICK
- Architectural Style:
- Fog Signal Type: NONE
Existing Keepers Quarters? YES
- Year Constructed: 1896
- Number of Stories: 2
- Architectural Style: DUPLEX (B&B)
- Construction Materials: RED BRICK
Other Structures: 2 CISTERNS, OIL HOUSE, GARAGE, 2 BRICK
OUTHOUSES, DOCK, WELL HOUSE
Current Use: BED & BREAKFAST
Owner/Manager: PRIVATE OWNER WITH U.S. COAST GUARD ACCESS TO
OPTIC
Open to the Public? YES (Goto
Publicly Accessible Lighthouses for access information)
Non-NPS Web Site:
Link
National Register Status: LISTED Reference #88001837
Name of Listing: BIG BAY POINT LIGHT STATION
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed:
Miscellaneous:
LIGHT RETURNED TO TOWER 1990; ORIGINALLY A TWO FAMILY STATION; THIRD
KEEPER ADDED 1920S |
