Michigan Lighthouse Project - SEUL CHOIX POINTE LIGHT

SEUL CHOIX POINTE LIGHT

Location: UPPER PENINSULA
Body of Water: Lake Michigan
County: Schoolcraft
Year Station Established: 1892
Siting: Mainland
Latitude: 45° 55' 18"
Longitude: 85° 54' 42"

PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SEUL CHOIX POINTE LIGHTHOUSE

Year Constructed: 1892

Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: 1895

Operational? Yes

Automated? 1972

Deactivated: Not Available

Foundation Materials: ASHLAR STONE

Construction Materials: BRICK

Ancillary Buildings: Yes

Grounds: Yes

Bottomlands: No

COE Structure: No

Architectural Style: CONICAL

Markings/Pattern: WHITE

Relationship to Other Structure: ATTACHED

Original Lens: THIRD ORDER, FRESNEL 1895

Owner: Department of National Resources

Lessee: Gulliver Historical Society

Open to the Public? Yes

Museum: Yes

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #84001846

Other Important Dates: 1895 (tower rebuilt); 1925 (addition to keeper's house)

History: ONLY HARBOR OF REFUGE IN THIS PART OF LAKE MICHIGAN; OPERATED BY GULLIVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY THRU MUELLER TOWNSHIP; KEEPERS QUARTERS RESTORED TO 1900-1920S APPEARANCE

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.