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SHERWOOD POINT LIGHT

State: WISCONSIN
Location: STURGEON BAY / GREEN BAY / LAKE MICHIGAN
Nearest City: IDLEWILD
County: DOOR
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1883

HAER photo by Charles Hyde, 1971

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1883
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1983
Foundation Materials: CONCRETE
Construction Materials: BRICK
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/RED ROOF
Shape: SQUARE
Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
Tower Height: 37
Original Optic: FIFTH ORDER FRESNEL / FOURTH ORDER FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: ? / ?
Present Optic: UNKNOWN
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 61
Fresnel Lens Disposition: FOURTH ORDER LENS ON LOAN FROM THE USCG TO THE DOOR COUNTY MARITIME MUSEUM
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? YES

Year Constructed:
Construction Materials: WOOD
Architectural Style: SQUARE PYRAMIDAL
Fog Signal Type: BELL (NO LONGER EXTANT)

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed:
Number of Stories: 1.5
Architectural Style: ATTACHED
Construction Materials: BRICK

Other Structures:

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED Reference #84003663
Name of Listing: SHERWOOD POINT STATION (U.S. COAST GUARD/GREAT LAKES TR)
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1975

Miscellaneous:
LAST MANNED LIGHT IN THE GREAT LAKES

Last Modified: Tues, Mar 16 2004 7:38:02 pm EDT
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