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Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse
MACKINAC
POINT LIGHT (OLD)
Location: STRAITS OF MACKINAC PASSAGE/LAKE HURON
Nearest City: MACKINAW CITY
County: CHEBOYGAN
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1890
Existing Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1892
- Is the Light Operational? NO
- Date Deactivated: 1957
- Automated:
- Foundation Materials: STONE
- Construction Materials: BRICK
- Markings/Patterns: NATURAL
- Shape: CYLINDRICAL
- Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
- Tower Height: 40
- Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER
- Year Original Lens Installed: 1892
- Present Optic:
- Year Present Lens Installed:
- Height of Focal Plane:
- Fresnel Lens Disposition:
- Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s): N/A
Modern Tower? NO
Existing Sound Signal Building? YES
- Year Constructed: 1907
- Construction Materials: BRICK
- Architectural Style:
- Fog Signal Type:
Existing Keepers Quarters? YES
- Year Constructed: 1892
- Number of Stories: 2
- Architectural Style: "CASTLE"
- Construction Materials: BRICK
Other Structures:
Current Use: MUSEUM IN STATE PARK
Owner/Manager: MACKINAC ISLAND STATE PARK COMMISSION
Open to the Public? YES (Goto
Publicly Accessible Lighthouses for access information)
Web Site:
LINK
National Register Status: LISTED Reference #69000068
Name of Listing: MACKINAC POINT LIGHTHOUSE
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:
Miscellaneous:
LIGHTHOUSE GREW OUT OF A FOGHORN STATION BUILT 1890; DECOMMISSIONED
W/CONSTRUCTION OF THE MACKINAC BRIDGE |
