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ST. HELENA
ISLAND LIGHT
State: MICHIGAN
Location: STRAITS OF MACKINAC/LAKE MICHIGAN
Nearest City: ST. IGNACE
County: MACKINAC
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1873
Existing Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1873
- Is the Light Operational? YES
- Date Deactivated: N/A
- Automated: 1922
- Foundation Materials: LIMESTONE
- Construction Materials: BRICK
- Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/RED LANTERN
- Shape: CONICAL
- Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
- Tower Height: 71
- Original Optic: THIRD-ONE-HALF ORDER, FRESNEL
- Year Original Lens Installed: 1873
- Present Optic: 250 MM
- Year Present Lens Installed:
- Height of Focal Plane: 71
- Fresnel Lens Disposition:
- Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s): N/A
Modern Tower? NO
Existing Sound Signal Building? NO
Existing Keepers Quarters? YES
- Year Constructed: 1873
- Number of Stories: 1.5
- Architectural Style: COTTAGE
- Construction Materials: BRICK
Other Structures: OIL HOUSE, PRIVY; DEMOLISHED: ASST KEEPERS &
BOATHOUSE
Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION/MARITIME HERITAGE EDUCATION
Owner/Manager: GREAT LAKES LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS ASSOCIATION W/USCG
ACCESS TO OPTIC
Open to the Public? YES (Goto
Publicly Accessible Lighthouses for access information)
Web Site:
National Register Status: LISTED Reference #88000442
Name of Listing: ST. HELENA ISLAND LIGHT STATION
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:
Miscellaneous:UNDER RESTORATION BY GLLKA |
