Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Michigan--Fort Gratiot Light

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FORT GRATIOT LIGHT

State: MICHIGAN
Location: LAKE HURON / ST. CLAIR RIVER
Nearest City: PORT HURON
County: ST. CLAIR
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1825

NPS photo by James P. Delgado, 1989

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1829
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1933
Foundation Materials: DRESSED STONE/TIMBER
Construction Materials: BRICK
Markings/Patterns: WHITE
Shape: CONICAL ATTACHED TO WORKROOM
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 82
Original Optic: FIFTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
Present Optic: DCB-24
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 86
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 (INTACT BUT GUTTED)

Year Constructed: 1901
Construction Materials: BRICK
Architectural Style:
Fog Signal Type: HORN (OFFSHORE)

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1875
Number of Stories: 2
Architectural Style: DUPLEX
Construction Materials: BRICK

Other Structures:

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: CITY OF PORT HURON

Open to the Public? YES (Go to Lighthouses to Visit for access information or to Port Huron Museum)

National Register Status: LISTED Reference #76001975
Name of Listing: FORT GRATIOT LIGHTHOUSE
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
OLDEST SURVIVING LIGHTHOUSE IN MICHIGAN; FIRST ON LAKE HURON; ORIGINALLY 65 FEET, EXTENDED TO 86 FEET IN 1861; CITY PARK ADJACENT TO STATION; RECOMMENDED FOR TRANSFER TO THE CITY OF PORT HURON IN 2005 UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE NATIONAL HISTORIC LIGHTHOUSE PRESERVATION ACT.

Last Modified: Wed, Dec 28 2005 10:20:02 am EDT
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