Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Michigan--Little Point Sable Light

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LITTLE POINT SABLE LIGHT

State: MICHIGAN
Location: EAST SHORE OF LAKE MICHIGAN
Nearest City: MEARS
County: OCEANA
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1874

Photo by Terry Pepper, September 1998

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1874
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1955
Foundation Materials: WOOD PILINGS
Construction Materials: BRICK
Markings/Patterns: RED BRICK/ORIG. WHITE
Shape: CONICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
Tower Height: 107
Original Optic: THIRD ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1874
Present Optic: THIRD ORDER
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 108
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? NO, DESTROYED

Year Constructed: 1874
Number of Stories: 3
Architectural Style:
Construction Materials: BRICK

Other Structures: NO LONGER STANDING

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION IN STATE PARK

Owner/Manager: U.S COAST GUARD (TOWER) / SILVER LAKE STATE PARK (GROUNDS)

Open to the Public? YES (Go to Lighthouses to Visit for access information)

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #84001827
Name of Listing: LITTLE SABLE POINT LIGHT STATION (U.S. COAST
GUARD/GREAT LAKES TR) On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
IMPORTANT ROLE IN GROWTH OF SHIPPING ON LAKE MICHIGAN

Last Modified:Wed, Apr 24 2002 4:11:02 pm EDT
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