Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Michigan--Sturgeon Point Light

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STURGEON POINT LIGHT

State: MICHIGAN
Location: STURGEON POINT / LAKE HURON
Nearest City: HARRISVILLE
County: ALCONA
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1869

Photo by Terry Pepper, 1998

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1869
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated:
Automated: 1939
Foundation Materials: LIMESTONE
Construction Materials: BRICK
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/RED TRIM
Shape: CONICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
Tower Height: 71
Original Optic: SIXTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1869
Present Optic: THIRD AND HALF ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Present Lens Installed: 1889
Height of Focal Plane: 69
Fresnel Lens Disposition: THIRD AND HALF ORDER LENS (ORIGINALLY FROM OSWEGO, NY) STILL INSTALLED
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1869
Number of Stories: 2
Architectural Style: CAPE COD
Construction Materials: LIMESTONE/BRICK

Other Structures: BRICK PRIVY (1869)

Current Use: MUSEUM

Owner/Manager: MICHIGAN DNR / ALCONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #84001370
Name of Listing: STURGEON POINT LIGHT STATION (U.S. COAST GUARD/GREAT LAKES TR)
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1969

Miscellaneous: TRANSFERRED TO THE MICHIGAN DEPARTYMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE NATIONAL HISTORIC LIGHTHOUSE PRESERVATION ACT.

Last Modified: Tues, Dec 27 2005 9:43:02 am EDT
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