Michigan, Leelanau County, Grand Traverse Lighthouse, Lake Michigan (2,235)
"The Grand Traverse Light Station was important to Lake Michigan commerce and the development of the nearby community of Northport, which erected its first docks soon after the light was completed. Congress appropriated $4,000 in September 1850 for the construction of a lighthouse near Cat's Head Point. The original lighthouse, completed in 1851, was threatened by erosion and the present lighthouse, designed by engineer W. F. Smith of the Eleventh Lighthouse District, was completed in 1858. The twelve-room house was eventually altered to house two families, those of the keeper and his assistant. The light was originally a Fourth Order Fresnel lens. It continued in active service until the U.S. Coast Guard replaced it with a steel skeletal tower in 1972. The lighthouse was vacant until the Grand Traverse Lighthouse Foundation restored the facility during the late 1980s; it is now occupied by a resident caretaker. The light is located in the Leelanau State Park." (Source: Michigan Historical Center, State Historic Preservation Office website.)
The lighthouse is on the National Register of Historic Places. To view my photograph of the Fog Signal Building go to: www.flickr.com/photos/23711298@N07/6187039704/
Michigan, Leelanau County, Grand Traverse Lighthouse, Lake Michigan (2,235)
"The Grand Traverse Light Station was important to Lake Michigan commerce and the development of the nearby community of Northport, which erected its first docks soon after the light was completed. Congress appropriated $4,000 in September 1850 for the construction of a lighthouse near Cat's Head Point. The original lighthouse, completed in 1851, was threatened by erosion and the present lighthouse, designed by engineer W. F. Smith of the Eleventh Lighthouse District, was completed in 1858. The twelve-room house was eventually altered to house two families, those of the keeper and his assistant. The light was originally a Fourth Order Fresnel lens. It continued in active service until the U.S. Coast Guard replaced it with a steel skeletal tower in 1972. The lighthouse was vacant until the Grand Traverse Lighthouse Foundation restored the facility during the late 1980s; it is now occupied by a resident caretaker. The light is located in the Leelanau State Park." (Source: Michigan Historical Center, State Historic Preservation Office website.)
The lighthouse is on the National Register of Historic Places. To view my photograph of the Fog Signal Building go to: www.flickr.com/photos/23711298@N07/6187039704/