Location: WEST HURON ISLAND/LAKE SUPERIOR
Body of Water: Superior
County: Marquette
Year Station Established: 1868
Siting: Island
Latitude: 46° 57' 48"
Longitude: 87° 59' 54" |
PHOTOGRAPH OF THE HURON ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE
|
| Year Constructed: |
1877 |
| Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: |
1877 |
| Operational? |
Yes |
| Automated? |
1972 |
| Deactivated: |
Not Available |
| Foundation Materials: |
SURFACE ROCK |
| Construction Materials: |
GRANITE/BRICK |
| Ancillary Buildings: |
Yes |
| Grounds: |
No |
| Bottomlands: |
No |
| COE Structure: |
No |
| Architectural Style: |
SQUARE |
| Markings/Pattern: |
NATURAL W/WHITE LANTERN |
| Relationship to Other Structure: |
ATTACHED |
| Original Lens: |
THREE-ONE-HALF ORDER FRESNEL 1868 |
| Owner: |
USFWS |
| Lessee: |
Huron Island Lighthouse Preservation Society |
| Open to the Public? |
No |
| Museum: |
No |
| Web Site: |
http://www.destinationmichigan.com/org/hilpa |
| National Register Status: |
LISTED Reference #75000955 |
| History: |
TOWER IN NEED OF STABILIZATION (ROOF REPORTEDLY CAVING IN); ORIGINALLY A LIFEBOAT STATION |
