SAND HILLS
LIGHTHOUSE
State: MICHIGAN
Location: FIVE MILE POINT/EAGLE RIVER/LAKE SUPERIOR
Nearest City: EAGLE RIVER
County: KEEWENAW
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1919
Existing Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1919
- Is the Light Operational? NO
- Date Deactivated: 1954
- Automated: 1939
- Foundation Materials:
- Construction Materials: YELLOW BRICK
- Markings/Patterns: NATURAL
- Shape: SQUARE
- Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
- Tower Height: 91
- Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
- Year Original Lens Installed: 1919
- Present Optic: NONE
- Year Present Lens Installed:
- Height of Focal Plane: 91
- Fresnel Lens Disposition: FOURTH ORDER LENS IN
DOSSIN GREAT LAKES MUSEUM, DETROIT, MICHIGAN
- Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s): N/A
Modern Tower? NO
Existing Sound Signal Building? YES
- Year Constructed: 1919
- Construction Materials: MASONRY STUCCO
- Architectural Style: TRADITIONAL
- Fog Signal Type: AIR DIAPHONE (REMOVED)
Existing Keepers Quarters? YES
- Year Constructed: 1919
- Number of Stories: 2
- Architectural Style: DUPLEX (INTEGRAL)
- Construction Materials: YELLOW BRICK
Other Structures: OIL HOUSE, GARAGE, BARRACKS BLDG. (1916), CONCRETE
BREAKWATER (1917)
Current Use: PRIVATE INN
Owner/Manager: PRIVATE OWNER
Open to the Public? YES (Goto
Publicly Accessible Lighthouses for access information)
Non-NPS Web Site:
National Register Status: PART OF LISTING Reference #80004838
Name of Listing: HISTORIC ENGINEERING & INDUSTRIAL SITES IN MICHIGAN TR
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:
Miscellaneous:
REPLACED EAGLE RIVER LIGHT WHICH WAS DISCONTINUED 1908; USED AS
BARRACKS DURING WWII |
