The original lighthouse before the second story addition.
MARQUETTE HARBOR
LIGHTHOUSE
State: MICHIGAN
Location: NORTH POINT/LAKE SUPERIOR
Nearest City: MARQUETTE
County: MARQUETTE
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1853
Existing Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1866
- Is the Light Operational? YES
- Date Deactivated: N/A
- Automated:
- Foundation Materials: DRESSED STONE/TIMBER
- Construction Materials: BRICK
- Markings/Patterns: RED
- Shape: SQUARE
- Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
- Tower Height: 40
- Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
- Year Original Lens Installed: 1906
- Present Optic: DCB-24
- Year Present Lens Installed:
- Height of Focal Plane: 77
- Fresnel Lens Disposition: MARQUETTE MARITIME
MUSEUM
- Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s):
1. Construction Date:
Description:
Fate/Disposition:
Modern Tower? NO
Existing Sound Signal Building? NO
- Year Constructed:
- Construction Materials:
- Architectural Style:
- Fog Signal Type: DIAPHONE
Existing Keepers Quarters? YES (MODIFIED 1906)
- Year Constructed: 1866
- Number of Stories: 2
- Architectural Style: INTEGRAL
- Construction Materials: BRICK
Other Structures:
Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION
Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD
Open to the Public? NO
Non-NPS Web Site:
National Register Status: LISTED Reference #84001803
Name of Listing: MARQUETTE HARBOR LIGHT STATION (U.S. COAST GUARD/GREAT
LAKES TR) On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1969
Miscellaneous:
ADJACENT TO ACTIVE U.S. COAST GUARD STATION |
