Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Michigan--Peninsula Point Light (Site)

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PENINSULA POINT LIGHT (SITE)

State: MICHIGAN
Location: PENINSULA POINT / LAKE MICHIGAN
Nearest City: STONINGTON
County: DELTA
U.S.C.G. District: 9

U.S. Forest Service 1974 photo courtesy National Register of Historic Places

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

Last Modified: Thu, Apr 25 2002 4:56:02 pm EDT
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