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BAILEYS HARBOR RANGE LIGHTS

State: WISCONSIN
Location: DOOR PENINSULA / LAKE MICHIGAN
Nearest City: BAILEYS HARBOR
County: DOOR
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1853

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1869
Is the Light Operational? NO
Date Deactivated: 1960S
Automated: 1930
Foundation Materials: FIELDSTONE
Construction Materials: WOOD
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK TRIM
Shape: WHITE W/BLACK TRIM
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 21
Original Optic: FIFTH ORDER (FRONT RANGE)
Year Original Lens Installed: 1897
Present Optic: REMOVED
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 22
Has tower been moved? NO

Second Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1870
Is the Light Operational? UNKNOWN
Date Deactivated:
Automated:
Foundation Materials: FIELDSTONE (REAR RANGE)
Construction Materials: WOOD
Markings/Patterns: WHITE
Shape: SQUARE
Relationship to Other Structures:
Tower Height: 35
Original Optic: FIFTH ORDER
Year Original Lens Installed: 1902
Present Optic: FIFTH ORDER
Year Present Lens Installed: 1902
Height of Focal Plane: 39
Has tower been moved? NO

Fresnel Lens Disposition:

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date:
Description:
Fate/Disposition:

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1869
Number of Stories: 1.5
Architectural Style: GABLE (HOLDS REAR LIGHT)
Construction Materials: CLAPBOARD

Other Structures: BRICK OIL HOUSE (CIRCA 1900), STORAGE BUILDING, CLAPBOARD PRIVY (CIRCA 1920)

Current Use: WILDLIFE SANCTUARY

Owner/Manager: DOOR COUNTY LEASE TO RIDGES SANCTUARY

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #89001466
Name of Listing: BAILEYS HARBOR RANGE LIGHT
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1988

Miscellaneous:
REPLACED BAILEYS HARBOR LIGHT IN OUTER HARBOR

Last Modified: Tues, Mar 26 2002 2:33:02 pm EDT
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