 WHITEFISH POINT
LIGHTHOUSE
State: MICHIGAN
Location: WHITEFISH BAY/LAKE SUPERIOR
Nearest City: WHITEFISH
County: CHIPPEWA
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1848
Existing Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1861
- Is the Light Operational? YES
- Date Deactivated: N/A
- Automated: 1970
- Foundation Materials: CONCRETE/PILE
- Construction Materials: CAST IRON
- Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/RED ROOF
- Shape: SKELETAL
- Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
- Tower Height: 76
- Original Optic: THIRD ORDER, FRESNEL
- Year Original Lens Installed: 1857
- Present Optic: DCB-24
- Year Present Lens Installed:
- Height of Focal Plane: 80
- Fresnel Lens Disposition:
- Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s):
1. Construction Date:
Description:
Fate/Disposition:
Modern Tower? NO
Existing Sound Signal Building? YES
- Year Constructed: 1937
- Construction Materials: BRICK
- Architectural Style: "MODERN"
- Fog Signal Type:
Existing Keepers Quarters? YES (MODIFIED 1894 AND 1911)
- Year Constructed: 1861
- Number of Stories: 2
- Architectural Style: DUPLEX
- Construction Materials: FRAME
Other Structures: BRICK OIL HOUSE (1910), WOODSHED (1922), 2 GARAGES
(1922), STEEL PAINT LOCKER (1890), RADIOBEACON
Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION/MUSEUM MANAGED BY GREAT LAKES
SHIPWRECK HISTORICAL SOCIETY/BIRD OBSERVATORY MANAGED BY STATE OF
MICHIGAN
Owner/Manager: GREAT LAKES SHIPWRECK HISTORICAL SOCIETY W/USCG
ACCESS TO OPTIC
Open to the Public? YES (Goto
Publicly Accessible Lighthouses for access information)
Non-NPS Web Site:
National Register Status: LISTED Reference #73000947
Name of Listing: WHITEFISH POINT LIGHTHOUSE
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:
Miscellaneous:
MUSEUM HOUSES THIRD ORDER LENS FROM WHITE SHOAL LIGHTHOUSE |
