| Property Type |
lighthouse
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| Historic Use |
DEFENSE/coast guard facility
TRANSPORTATION
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| Current Use |
TRANSPORTATION
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| Style |
Other
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| Narrative Description |
The Sturgeon Point Light Station is a single-story, rectangular dwelling connected to a circular light tower over seventy feet high and sixteen feet in diameter at the base. The walls of the residence and tower are of plaster covered brick and rest on a limestone foundation. The tower housed a fourth-order, polygonal light manufactured by Henry Lapalte of France.
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| Statement of Significance |
The Sturgeon Point Light Station is a well-preserved example of a Lake Huron light station and one of the few surviving buildings which served the thriving fishing industry of the Saginaw Bay area. The U.S. Coast Guard constructed the lighthouse in 1869 at a cost of $15,000 to warn off-course ships of a nearby reef. The light continues to operate unmanned. The Light Station is proposed to be developed as a Great Lakes museum.
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| Period of Significance |
1866-1900
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| Significant Date(s) |
1869
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| Registry Type(s) |
07/19/1984 National Register listed
02/18/1982 State Register listed
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| Site ID# |
P22423
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