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PRESQUE ISLE LIGHTHOUSE
PRESQUE ISLE PENINSULA/LAKE HURON
Location: PRESQUE ISLE PENINSULA/LAKE HURON
Nearest City: PRESQUE ISLE
County: PRESQUE ISLE
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1840
First Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1840
- Is the Light Operational? NO
- Date Deactivated: 1871
- Automated:
- Foundation Materials: DRESSED STONE/TIMBER
- Construction Materials: LOWER 2/3 STONE, UPPER
BRICK
- Markings/Patterns: WHITE
- Shape: CONICAL
- Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
- Tower Height: 38
- Original Optic:
- Year Original Lens Installed: 1840
- Present Optic: NONE
- Year Present Lens Installed:
- Height of Focal Plane:
- Has tower been moved? NO
Second Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1871
- Is the Light Operational? YES
- Date Deactivated: N/A
- Automated: 1970
- Foundation Materials: BRICK
- Construction Materials: BRICK
- Markings/Patterns: WHITE
- Shape: CONICAL
- Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
- Tower Height: 109
- Original Optic: THIRD ORDER FRESNEL
- Year Original Lens Installed: 1870
- Present Optic: THIRD ORDER FRESNEL
- Year Present Lens Installed: 1870
- Height of Focal Plane: 113
- Has tower been moved? NO
Fresnel Lens Disposition: FOURTH ORDER LENS IN LANTERN OF 1840
TOWER; THIRD ORDER FRESNEL STILL IN OPERATION IN 1871 TOWER
Previous Tower(s): N/A
Modern Tower? NO
Existing Sound Signal Building? NO (REMOVED 1950S)
Existing Keepers Quarters? YES (REBUILT 1939)
- Year Constructed: 1840
- Number of Stories: 2
- Architectural Style: CAPE COD
- Construction Materials: BRICK
Other Structures: 1.5-STORY BRICK KEEPERS QUARTERS ATTACHED TO 1870
TOWER, 1905 KEEPERS, GARAGE, PRIVY
Current Use: MUSEUM/ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION IN 1871 TOWER
Owner/Manager: PRESQUE ISLE TOWNSHIP W/USCG ACCESS TO OPTIC IN 1871
TOWER
Open to the Public? YES (Goto
Publicly Accessible Lighthouses for access information)
Web Site:
National Register Status: LISTED Reference #73000957
Name of Listing: OLD PRESQUE ISLE LIGHTHOUSE/REF #83000890 FOR 1871
TOWER On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed:
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