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GRAND
TRAVERSE LIGHT
State: MICHIGAN
Location: GRAND TRAVERSE POINT/LEELANAU PENINSULA/LAKE MICHIGAN
Nearest City: NORTHPORT
County: LEELANAU
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1852
Existing Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1858
- Is the Light Operational? NO
- Date Deactivated: 1972
- Automated: 1972
- Foundation Materials: DRESSED STONE/TIMBER
- Construction Materials: BRICK/WOOD/IRON
- Markings/Patterns: RED W/BLACK TRIM
- Shape: NINE-SIDED ON ROOF OF DWELLING
- Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
- Tower Height: 47
- Original Optic: FIFTH ORDER, FRESNEL
- Year Original Lens Installed: 1858
- Present Optic: REMOVED
- Year Present Lens Installed:
- Height of Focal Plane: 50
- Fresnel Lens Disposition: FOURTH ORDER FRESNEL
ON DISPLAY IN MUSEUM
- Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s):
1. Construction Date: 1851
Description: SEPARATE ROUND
Fate/Disposition: TORN DOWN
Modern Tower? YES
- Year Tower Constructed: 1972
- Type: SKELETAL
- Height of Focal Plane: 47
- Current Optic: DCB 24 Year Installed: 1972
Existing Sound Signal Building? YES
- Year Constructed: 1899
- Construction Materials: BRICK
- Architectural Style: FLEMISH REVIVAL
- Fog Signal Type: ELECTRIC OSCILLATOR (1966),
DIAPHONE HORN (1934) STEAM WHISTLE
Existing Keepers Quarters? YES
- Year Constructed: 1858
- Number of Stories: 2.5
- Architectural Style: MIDWEST VICTORIAN
- Construction Materials: BRICK
Other Structures: BRICK AND METAL OIL HOUSE
Current Use: MUSEUM IN STATE PARK
Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD LEASE TO MICHIGAN DEPT. OF NATURAL
RESOURCES
Open to the Public? YES (Goto
Publicly Accessible Lighthouses for access information)
Web Site:
National Register Status: LISTED Reference #84001799
Name of Listing: GRAND TRAVERSE LIGHT (U.S. COAST GUARD/GREAT LAKES TR)
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1991
Miscellaneous: Alpena's Fourth Order Fresnel Lens on display in
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