 FORTY MILE
POINT LIGHT
Location: LAKE HURON
Nearest City: ROGERS CITY
County: PRESQUE ISLE
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1897
Existing Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1897
- Is the Light Operational? YES
- Date Deactivated: N/A
- Automated: 1969
- Foundation Materials: WOOD PILINGS
- Construction Materials: BRICK
- Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN
- Shape: SQUARE
- Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
- Tower Height: 52
- Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
- Year Original Lens Installed:
- Present Optic: FOURTH ORDER
- Year Present Lens Installed: 1935
- Height of Focal Plane: 66
- Fresnel Lens Disposition:
- Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s): N/A
Modern Tower? NO
Existing Sound Signal Building? YES
- Year Constructed: 1897
- Construction Materials: BRICK
- Architectural Style:
- Fog Signal Type: DIAPHONE (REMOVED)
Existing Keepers Quarters? YES
- Year Constructed: 1897
- Number of Stories: 2.5
- Architectural Style: DUPLEX (ATTACHED)
- Construction Materials: RED BRICK
Other Structures: OIL HOUSE (1897), 2 PRIVIES (1897), BARN (1896),
BATH HOUSE
Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION IN COUNTY PARK
Owner/Manager: COUNTY OF PRESQUE ISLE W/USCG ACCESS TO OPTIC
Open to the Public? YES (Goto
Publicly Accessible Lighthouses for access information)
Web Site:
LINK
National Register Status: LISTED Reference #84001830
Name of Listing: FORTY MILE POINT LIGHT STATION (U.S. COAST GUARD/GREAT
LAKES TR)
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:
Miscellaneous:
CARETAKER IN RESIDENCE; KEEPERS QUARTERS A NAUTICAL
MUSEUM OPEN IN 1994 |
