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MISSION
POINT LIGHT (OLD)
State: MICHIGAN
Location: PENINSULA IN GRAND TRAVERSE BAY
Nearest City: TRAVERSE CITY
County: GRAND TRAVERSE
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1870
Existing Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1870
- Is the Light Operational? NO
- Date Deactivated: 1933
- Automated: N/A
- Foundation Materials: NATURAL/EMPLACED
- Construction Materials: WOOD
- Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK TRIM
- Shape: SQUARE TOWER ON DWELLING
- Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
- Tower Height: 30
- Original Optic:
- Year Original Lens Installed: 1870
- Present Optic: REMOVED
- Year Present Lens Installed:
- Height of Focal Plane:
- Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Previous Tower(s): N/A
Modern Tower? NO
Existing Sound Signal Building? NO
Existing Keepers Quarters? YES
- Year Constructed: 1870
- Number of Stories: 1.5
- Architectural Style: INTEGRAL TO TOWER
- Construction Materials: WOOD
Other Structures: BRICK PUMP HOUSE, BRICK STORAGE SHED, LOG HOME
(1856), WOOD FRAME GARAGE
Current Use: PRIVATE RESIDENCE FOR PARKS CARETAKER IN TOWN PARK
Owner/Manager: PENINSULA TOWNSHIP PARK BOARD
Open to the Public? YES
Web Site:
National Register Status: PART OF LISTING Reference #80004798
Name of Listing: HISTORIC ENGINEERING & INDUSTRIAL SITES IN MICHIGAN TR
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1992
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