Michigan Lighthouse Project - CRISP POINT LIGHT

CRISP POINT LIGHT

Location: UPPER PENINSULA W. OF WHITEFISH POINT
Body of Water: Lake Superior
County: Luce
Year Station Established: 1904
Siting: Mainland
Latitude: 46° 45' 07"
Longitude: 85° 15' 26"

PHOTOGRAPH OF THE CRISP POINT LIGHTHOUSE

Year Constructed: 1904

Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: 1904

Operational? No

Deactivated: 1947

Foundation Materials: POURED CONCRETE

Construction Materials: BRICK

Ancillary Buildings: No

Grounds: No

Bottomlands: No

COE Structure: No

Architectural Style: CONICAL ATTACHED TO ENTRANCE ROOM

Markings/Pattern: WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN

Relationship to Other Structure: SEPARATE

Original Lens: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL 1904

Owner: Luce County

Lessee: Crisp Point Light Historical Society

Open to the Public? No

Museum: No

Web Site: http://www.crisppointlight.org/

National Register Status: NONE; Reference # 0

History: ALL BLDGS EXCEPT TOWER AND ONE WALL OF ENTRANCE ROOM DESTROYED BY EROSION; 1000 CUBIC YARDS OF STONE PLACED IN FRONT OF TOWER IN WINTER 1997/98, PLANS FOR FURTHER PROTECTION/STABILIZATION AS FUNDS BECOME AVAILABLE

Note: This data was collected from the United States Coast Guard, the National Park Service, and other members of the Michigan Lighthouse Project. We are not responsible for omissions or inaccuracies.