Location: LAKE HURON
Body of Water: Huron
County: Presque Isle
Year Station Established: 1897
Siting: Mainland
Latitude: 45° 29' 12"
Longitude: 83° 54' 48" |
PHOTOGRAPH OF THE FORTY MILE POINT LIGHTHOUSE
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| Year Constructed: |
1897 |
| Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: |
1897 |
| Operational? |
Yes |
| Automated? |
1969 |
| Deactivated: |
Not Available |
| Foundation Materials: |
WOOD PILINGS |
| Construction Materials: |
BRICK |
| Ancillary Buildings: |
Yes |
| Grounds: |
Yes |
| Bottomlands: |
No |
| COE Structure: |
No |
| Architectural Style: |
SQUARE |
| Markings/Pattern: |
WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN |
| Relationship to Other Structure: |
ATTACHED |
| Original Lens: |
FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL |
| Owner: |
Presque Isle County |
| Lessee: |
Forty Mile Point Lighthouse Society |
| Open to the Public? |
Yes |
| Museum: |
Yes |
| National Register Status: |
LISTED; Reference #84001830 |
| History: |
CARETAKER IN RESIDENCE; KEEPERS QUARTERS UNDER RENOVATION AS A NAUTICAL MUSEUM TO OPEN IN 1994 |
