 PENINSULA
POINT LIGHT
State: MICHIGAN
Location: PENINSULA POINT/LAKE MICHIGAN
Nearest City: STONINGTON
County: DELTA
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1866
Existing Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1866
- Is the Light Operational? NO
- Date Deactivated: 1936
- Automated: 1922
- Foundation Materials: NATURAL/EMPLACED
- Construction Materials: BRICK
- Markings/Patterns: NATURAL W/BLACK LANTERN
- Shape: SQUARE
- Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
(ORIGINALLY ATTACHED TO DWELLING)
- Tower Height: 40
- Original Optic: OIL LAMP
- Year Original Lens Installed:
- Present Optic: AUTOMATIC ACETYLENE LAMP
- Year Present Lens Installed: 1922
- Height of Focal Plane:
- Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Previous Tower(s): N/A
Modern Tower? NO
Existing Sound Signal Building? NO
Existing Keepers Quarters? NO (BURNED 1959)
- Year Constructed: 1866
- Number of Stories: 1.5
- Architectural Style: (ATTACHED)
- Construction Materials: BRICK
Other Structures:
Current Use: DEMOLISHED
Owner/Manager: USDA FOREST SERVICE
Open to the Public? N/A
Web Site:
National Register Status: LISTED Reference #75000941
Name of Listing: PENINSULA POINT LIGHTHOUSE
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:
Miscellaneous: LIGHT ABANDONED 1936 AFTER MINNEAPOLIS SHOAL LIGHT
WENT INTO SERVICE |
