Base and Entry Door

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The lighthouse is a 48-foot tall telescoping light tower built in 1903. As the tower extends upward each successive ring gets successively smaller, like an extending telescope. The tower and lantern are both painted red. Historical photographs and documentation reveal a white tower with a black lantern top once existed.

The Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy (MLC) is an IRS registered 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation whose mission is to promote the preservation of Michigan’s lighthouses and lifesaving station structures and the artifacts associated with them. MLC works to help restore lighthouse and life-saving structures and create appropriate reuses of these properties.