PORT SANILAC
LIGHT
Location: POINT SANILAC/LAKE HURON
Nearest City: PORT SANILAC
County: SANILAC
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1886
Existing Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1886
- Is the Light Operational? YES
- Date Deactivated: N/A
- Automated:
- Foundation Materials: DRESSED STONE/TIMBER
- Construction Materials: BRICK
- Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/RED ROOF
- Shape: OCTAGONAL HOURGLASS
- Relationship to Other Structures: ATTACHED
- Tower Height: 59
- Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
- Year Original Lens Installed: 1886
- Present Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
- Year Present Lens Installed:
- Height of Focal Plane: 69
- Fresnel Lens Disposition:
- Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s): N/A
Modern Tower? NO
Existing Sound Signal Building? NO
Existing Keepers Quarters? YES
- Year Constructed: 1886
- Number of Stories: 2
- Architectural Style: ATTACHED TO TOWER
- Construction Materials: BRICK
Other Structures: BRICK OIL HOUSE, WOODEN OUTHOUSE, WOODEN COVERED
WELL
Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION/KEEPERS USED AS PRIVATE
RESIDENCE
Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD (TOWER)/PRIVATE OWNER (DWELLING)
Open to the Public? NO
National Register Status: LISTED Reference #84001842
Name of Listing: PORT SANILAC LIGHT STATION (U.S. COAST GUARD/GREAT
LAKES TR) On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:
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