487:
499:
460:
436:
46:
1656:
205:
165:
47:
448:
321:
472:
57:
1667:
424:
light keeper's quarters was built. The original 1855 lantern room was used on the new 1888 tower. Eventually trees in the park obstructed the light from the view of ships, so in 1912 the tower was dismantled and a riveted steel addition was erected and the original 1888 section was placed on top
428:
The first 1888 lantern burned mineral oil. It was converted to coal gas in 1912 and electrified in 1929. The lens focused a 1,300,000 candlepower signal visible for 25 miles (40 km). The Coast Guard decommissioned the lighthouse in 1994. In 2003 Milwaukee County leased the lighthouse and
1545:
1640:
1576:
1560:
1706:
1550:
429:
keepers quarters to the North Point
Lighthouse Friends and they began restoration of the tower and keepers quarters. A $ 984,000 grant was used to restore the light station and it re-opened to the public as a maritime museum in 2007.
897:
1635:
1581:
1222:
1602:
1504:
425:
raising its height to 74 feet (23 m) and light focal plane to 154 feet (47 m). Today, it is the only lighthouse in the country built of three separate lighthouses: the 1855, 1888, and 1912 ones.
1535:
1469:
1434:
1509:
1414:
1374:
1199:
1474:
1464:
1459:
1439:
1555:
1389:
1304:
1424:
1419:
1294:
1716:
1514:
1479:
1384:
1359:
1499:
1449:
1429:
1404:
1394:
1379:
1369:
1354:
1334:
1309:
1299:
1289:
1519:
1494:
1399:
1339:
1319:
1314:
1284:
1274:
1454:
1409:
1349:
1324:
1279:
1586:
1484:
1364:
1329:
417:
with a cast iron lantern room, sited high to make it visible out on Lake
Michigan. In the late 1880s it was jeopardized by erosion of the bluff and plans were made to replace it.
1540:
1489:
1444:
1344:
1252:
1237:
1192:
802:
421:
1268:
1036:
1701:
1670:
1185:
486:
1660:
631:
1711:
825:
1232:
1071:
89:
1691:
795:
705:
1208:
548:
498:
395:
244:
339:
1623:
402:
1696:
788:
720:
697:
669:
338:
1026:
811:
768:
515:
951:
841:
459:
752:
956:
447:
1041:
881:
856:
435:
279:
82:
1166:
921:
383:
1143:
1133:
1628:
1607:
1148:
991:
986:
946:
936:
1153:
28:
1066:
1016:
996:
966:
27:
This article is about the lighthouse in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. For the lighthouse in Queensland, Australia, see
471:
976:
846:
1242:
1138:
876:
662:
Great Lakes
Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses
1247:
1227:
1021:
981:
931:
886:
866:
553:
330:
739:
420:
In 1888 a 40-foot cast-iron lighthouse tower was built 100 feet in from the edge of the bluff, and the
1061:
1056:
916:
654:
379:
375:
371:
62:
204:
164:
1006:
851:
567:
399:
1051:
1031:
1011:
871:
520:
1107:
1046:
941:
926:
716:
701:
693:
665:
592:
1177:
1081:
1076:
414:
32:
284:
861:
756:
391:
1117:
772:
56:
297:
17:
1685:
1102:
961:
744:
1641:
University and college buildings listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
1112:
1097:
971:
911:
749:
217:
612:
United States Coast Guard, Milwaukee County
Historical Society, sign by lighthouse
337:
677:
367:
354:
104:
91:
815:
623:
387:
780:
761:
734:
1636:
List of jails and prisons on the
National Register of Historic Places
413:
The first lighthouse on this bluff was built in 1855, a structure of
285:
U.S. Coast Guard
Lighthouses and Light Stations on the Great Lakes TR
1707:
Lighthouses on the
National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
896:
543:
477:
1181:
784:
769:"Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Wisconsin"
771:. United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from
319:
31:. For the lighthouse in Prince Edward Island, Canada, see
680:
Seeing the Light: Lighthouses on the western Great Lakes
161:
National
Register of Historic Places listed place
762:
Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey
692:(Paperback) (Fowlerville: Wilderness Adventure Books)
345:
An audio description of the lighthouse and its history
664:, (Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios, Inc., 1998)
624:"Lighthouses of the United States: Eastern Wisconsin"
750:
NPS Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin
651:
The Long Ships Passing: The Story of the Great Lakes
1616:
1595:
1569:
1528:
1261:
1238:
History of the National Register of Historic Places
1215:
1126:
1090:
904:
832:
303:
290:
278:
263:
255:
212:
197:
189:
181:
176:
157:
149:
141:
133:
125:
120:
81:
73:
1717:National Register of Historic Places in Milwaukee
1269:List of U.S. National Historic Landmarks by state
1661:National Register of Historic Places portal
690:Lighthouses of Lake Michigan: Past and Present
1193:
796:
8:
570:. Wisconsin Historical Society. January 2012
390:, United States to mark the entrance to the
41:
632:University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1200:
1186:
1178:
803:
789:
781:
715:Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006)
203:
163:
55:
40:
1209:U.S. National Register of Historic Places
586:
584:
245:U.S. National Register of Historic Places
826:List of lighthouses in the United States
593:"HAER Inventory: North Point Lighthouse"
532:
431:
544:"National Register Information System"
538:
536:
352:
1702:Buildings and structures in Milwaukee
7:
735:North Point Lighthouse Friends, Inc.
713:Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia
711:Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia,
549:National Register of Historic Places
396:National Register of Historic Places
1624:National Historic Preservation Act
403:Historic American Buildings Survey
398:in 1984. It was also added to the
394:. The lighthouse was added to the
25:
1072:Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead
1712:Tourist attractions in Milwaukee
1666:
1665:
1654:
895:
516:Lighthouses in the United States
497:
485:
470:
458:
446:
434:
353:Problems playing this file? See
335:
45:
137:Cast Iron (1888) / Steel (1912)
1577:Federated States of Micronesia
1223:Architectural style categories
591:Charles K. Hyde (1979-07-09).
292:
1:
1692:Lighthouses completed in 1888
364:North Point Lighthouse Museum
237:North Point Lighthouse Museum
201:47 m (154 ft)
42:North Point Lighthouse Museum
595:. Department of the Interior
1167:Apostle Islands Lighthouses
688:Sapulski, Wayne S., (2001)
1733:
1629:Historic Preservation Fund
1608:American Legation, Morocco
1027:Port Washington Breakwater
745:Lighthouse friends article
649:Havighurst, Walter (1943)
331:The North Point Lighthouse
61:North Point Lighthouse in
26:
1649:
1570:Lists by associated state
1162:
952:Green Bay Harbor Entrance
893:
842:Ashland Harbor Breakwater
822:
764:Survey number HABS WI-358
311:
291:NRHP reference
251:
242:
235:
231:
227:
223:
172:
69:
54:
29:North Point Hummock Light
1697:Houses completed in 1888
1551:Northern Mariana Islands
1144:Manitowoc North Pierhead
1127:Historical (lost) lights
628:The Lighthouse Directory
568:"North Point Lighthouse"
1149:Plum Island Range Front
1134:Dunlap Reef Range Front
1042:Racine North Breakwater
405:as survey HABS WI-358.
1546:Minor Outlying Islands
1529:Lists by insular areas
1243:Keeper of the Register
324:
259:2 acres (0.81 ha)
18:North Point Lighthouse
1248:National Park Service
1228:Contributing property
1154:Racine North Pierhead
554:National Park Service
323:
105:43.06556°N 87.87139°W
1603:District of Columbia
992:Milwaukee Breakwater
987:Manitowoc Breakwater
922:Baileys Harbor Range
655:Macmillan Publishers
77:Milwaukee, Wisconsin
947:Grassy Island Range
556:. November 2, 2013.
400:Library of Congress
145:74 feet (23 m)
110:43.06556; -87.87139
101: /
51:
1067:Sturgeon Bay Canal
997:Milwaukee Pierhead
967:Kenosha North Pier
777:North Point Light.
755:2006-02-09 at the
521:Parks of Milwaukee
325:
1679:
1678:
1233:Historic district
1175:
1174:
1017:Plum Island Range
977:Kewaunee Pierhead
937:Dunlap Reef Range
847:Chequamegon Point
706:978-0-923568-47-4
660:Oleszewski, Wes,
370:built in 1888 in
340:
315:
314:
16:(Redirected from
1724:
1669:
1668:
1659:
1658:
1657:
1582:Marshall Islands
1202:
1195:
1188:
1179:
899:
877:Raspberry Island
805:
798:
791:
782:
776:
740:Seeing the light
685:
636:
635:
619:
613:
610:
604:
603:
601:
600:
588:
579:
578:
576:
575:
564:
558:
557:
540:
501:
492:2016 Aerial View
489:
474:
462:
450:
438:
422:Queen Anne-style
415:Cream City brick
384:Milwaukee County
342:
341:
322:
294:
274:
272:
208:
207:
168:
167:
116:
115:
113:
112:
111:
106:
102:
99:
98:
97:
94:
59:
52:
50:
49:
33:North Cape Light
21:
1732:
1731:
1727:
1726:
1725:
1723:
1722:
1721:
1682:
1681:
1680:
1675:
1655:
1653:
1645:
1612:
1591:
1565:
1524:
1257:
1211:
1206:
1176:
1171:
1158:
1122:
1086:
1022:Port Washington
932:Chambers Island
900:
891:
887:Wisconsin Point
867:Michigan Island
828:
818:
809:
767:
757:Wayback Machine
731:
726:
676:Pepper, Terry.
675:
645:
643:Further reading
640:
639:
622:Rowlett, Russ.
621:
620:
616:
611:
607:
598:
596:
590:
589:
582:
573:
571:
566:
565:
561:
542:
541:
534:
529:
512:
505:
502:
493:
490:
481:
475:
466:
463:
454:
453:Stairs to tower
451:
442:
439:
411:
392:Milwaukee River
360:
359:
351:
349:
348:
347:
346:
343:
336:
333:
326:
320:
270:
268:
247:
238:
202:
162:
109:
107:
103:
100:
95:
92:
90:
88:
87:
65:
43:
39:
36:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
1730:
1728:
1720:
1719:
1714:
1709:
1704:
1699:
1694:
1684:
1683:
1677:
1676:
1674:
1673:
1663:
1650:
1647:
1646:
1644:
1643:
1638:
1633:
1632:
1631:
1620:
1618:
1614:
1613:
1611:
1610:
1605:
1599:
1597:
1593:
1592:
1590:
1589:
1584:
1579:
1573:
1571:
1567:
1566:
1564:
1563:
1561:Virgin Islands
1558:
1553:
1548:
1543:
1538:
1536:American Samoa
1532:
1530:
1526:
1525:
1523:
1522:
1517:
1512:
1507:
1502:
1497:
1492:
1487:
1482:
1477:
1472:
1470:South Carolina
1467:
1462:
1457:
1452:
1447:
1442:
1437:
1435:North Carolina
1432:
1427:
1422:
1417:
1412:
1407:
1402:
1397:
1392:
1387:
1382:
1377:
1372:
1367:
1362:
1357:
1352:
1347:
1342:
1337:
1332:
1327:
1322:
1317:
1312:
1307:
1302:
1297:
1292:
1287:
1282:
1277:
1272:
1265:
1263:
1262:Lists by state
1259:
1258:
1256:
1255:
1253:Property types
1250:
1245:
1240:
1235:
1230:
1225:
1219:
1217:
1213:
1212:
1207:
1205:
1204:
1197:
1190:
1182:
1173:
1172:
1170:
1169:
1163:
1160:
1159:
1157:
1156:
1151:
1146:
1141:
1139:Manitowoc Main
1136:
1130:
1128:
1124:
1123:
1121:
1120:
1115:
1110:
1105:
1100:
1094:
1092:
1091:Lake Winnebago
1088:
1087:
1085:
1084:
1079:
1074:
1069:
1064:
1062:Sherwood Point
1059:
1054:
1049:
1044:
1039:
1034:
1029:
1024:
1019:
1014:
1009:
1004:
999:
994:
989:
984:
979:
974:
969:
964:
959:
954:
949:
944:
939:
934:
929:
924:
919:
917:Baileys Harbor
914:
908:
906:
902:
901:
894:
892:
890:
889:
884:
879:
874:
869:
864:
859:
854:
849:
844:
839:
836:
834:
830:
829:
823:
820:
819:
810:
808:
807:
800:
793:
785:
779:
778:
775:on 2017-05-01.
765:
759:
747:
742:
737:
730:
729:External links
727:
725:
724:
709:
686:
673:
658:
646:
644:
641:
638:
637:
614:
605:
580:
559:
531:
530:
528:
525:
524:
523:
518:
511:
508:
507:
506:
503:
496:
494:
491:
484:
482:
476:
469:
467:
464:
457:
455:
452:
445:
443:
440:
433:
410:
407:
350:
344:
334:
329:
328:
327:
318:
317:
316:
313:
312:
309:
308:
305:
301:
300:
295:
288:
287:
282:
276:
275:
265:
261:
260:
257:
253:
252:
249:
248:
243:
240:
239:
236:
233:
232:
229:
228:
225:
224:
221:
220:
214:
210:
209:
199:
195:
194:
191:
187:
186:
183:
179:
178:
174:
173:
170:
169:
159:
155:
154:
151:
147:
146:
143:
139:
138:
135:
131:
130:
127:
123:
122:
118:
117:
85:
79:
78:
75:
71:
70:
67:
66:
60:
37:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1729:
1718:
1715:
1713:
1710:
1708:
1705:
1703:
1700:
1698:
1695:
1693:
1690:
1689:
1687:
1672:
1664:
1662:
1652:
1651:
1648:
1642:
1639:
1637:
1634:
1630:
1627:
1626:
1625:
1622:
1621:
1619:
1615:
1609:
1606:
1604:
1601:
1600:
1598:
1594:
1588:
1585:
1583:
1580:
1578:
1575:
1574:
1572:
1568:
1562:
1559:
1557:
1554:
1552:
1549:
1547:
1544:
1542:
1539:
1537:
1534:
1533:
1531:
1527:
1521:
1518:
1516:
1513:
1511:
1510:West Virginia
1508:
1506:
1503:
1501:
1498:
1496:
1493:
1491:
1488:
1486:
1483:
1481:
1478:
1476:
1473:
1471:
1468:
1466:
1463:
1461:
1458:
1456:
1453:
1451:
1448:
1446:
1443:
1441:
1438:
1436:
1433:
1431:
1428:
1426:
1423:
1421:
1418:
1416:
1415:New Hampshire
1413:
1411:
1408:
1406:
1403:
1401:
1398:
1396:
1393:
1391:
1388:
1386:
1383:
1381:
1378:
1376:
1375:Massachusetts
1373:
1371:
1368:
1366:
1363:
1361:
1358:
1356:
1353:
1351:
1348:
1346:
1343:
1341:
1338:
1336:
1333:
1331:
1328:
1326:
1323:
1321:
1318:
1316:
1313:
1311:
1308:
1306:
1303:
1301:
1298:
1296:
1293:
1291:
1288:
1286:
1283:
1281:
1278:
1276:
1273:
1270:
1267:
1266:
1264:
1260:
1254:
1251:
1249:
1246:
1244:
1241:
1239:
1236:
1234:
1231:
1229:
1226:
1224:
1221:
1220:
1218:
1214:
1210:
1203:
1198:
1196:
1191:
1189:
1184:
1183:
1180:
1168:
1165:
1164:
1161:
1155:
1152:
1150:
1147:
1145:
1142:
1140:
1137:
1135:
1132:
1131:
1129:
1125:
1119:
1116:
1114:
1111:
1109:
1106:
1104:
1101:
1099:
1096:
1095:
1093:
1089:
1083:
1080:
1078:
1075:
1073:
1070:
1068:
1065:
1063:
1060:
1058:
1055:
1053:
1050:
1048:
1045:
1043:
1040:
1038:
1037:Racine Harbor
1035:
1033:
1030:
1028:
1025:
1023:
1020:
1018:
1015:
1013:
1010:
1008:
1007:Peshtigo Reef
1005:
1003:
1000:
998:
995:
993:
990:
988:
985:
983:
980:
978:
975:
973:
970:
968:
965:
963:
960:
958:
955:
953:
950:
948:
945:
943:
940:
938:
935:
933:
930:
928:
925:
923:
920:
918:
915:
913:
910:
909:
907:
905:Lake Michigan
903:
898:
888:
885:
883:
880:
878:
875:
873:
870:
868:
865:
863:
860:
858:
855:
853:
852:Devils Island
850:
848:
845:
843:
840:
838:
837:
835:
833:Lake Superior
831:
827:
821:
817:
813:
806:
801:
799:
794:
792:
787:
786:
783:
774:
770:
766:
763:
760:
758:
754:
751:
748:
746:
743:
741:
738:
736:
733:
732:
728:
722:
721:1-55046-399-3
718:
714:
710:
707:
703:
699:
698:0-923568-47-6
695:
691:
687:
683:
681:
674:
671:
670:0-932212-98-0
667:
663:
659:
656:
652:
648:
647:
642:
633:
629:
625:
618:
615:
609:
606:
594:
587:
585:
581:
569:
563:
560:
555:
551:
550:
545:
539:
537:
533:
526:
522:
519:
517:
514:
513:
509:
500:
495:
488:
483:
480:archive photo
479:
473:
468:
461:
456:
449:
444:
437:
432:
430:
426:
423:
418:
416:
408:
406:
404:
401:
397:
393:
389:
385:
381:
377:
373:
369:
365:
358:
356:
332:
310:
307:July 19, 1984
306:
304:Added to NRHP
302:
299:
296:
289:
286:
283:
281:
277:
266:
262:
258:
254:
250:
246:
241:
234:
230:
226:
222:
219:
216:Fourth order
215:
211:
206:
200:
196:
192:
188:
184:
180:
175:
171:
166:
160:
156:
152:
148:
144:
140:
136:
132:
128:
124:
119:
114:
86:
84:
80:
76:
72:
68:
64:
58:
53:
48:
34:
30:
19:
1475:South Dakota
1465:Rhode Island
1460:Pennsylvania
1440:North Dakota
1052:Rawley Point
1032:Pottawatomie
1012:Pilot Island
1001:
957:Green island
872:Outer Island
773:the original
712:
689:
679:
661:
650:
627:
617:
608:
597:. Retrieved
572:. Retrieved
562:
547:
427:
419:
412:
363:
361:
218:Fresnel lens
198:Focal height
134:Construction
1596:Other areas
1556:Puerto Rico
1390:Mississippi
1305:Connecticut
1108:Fond du Lac
1047:Racine Reef
1002:North Point
942:Eagle Bluff
927:Cana Island
882:Sand Island
857:Gull Island
812:Lighthouses
190:Deactivated
108: /
83:Coordinates
1686:Categories
1505:Washington
1425:New Mexico
1420:New Jersey
1295:California
1082:Wind Point
1077:Two Rivers
599:2020-01-20
574:2020-01-20
527:References
504:2022 photo
441:2012 photo
368:lighthouse
355:media help
126:Foundation
96:87°52′17″W
93:43°03′56″N
38:Lighthouse
1515:Wisconsin
1480:Tennessee
1385:Minnesota
1360:Louisiana
1057:Sheboygan
982:Long Tail
862:La Pointe
816:Wisconsin
388:Wisconsin
380:Milwaukee
376:East Side
372:Lake Park
182:First lit
153:Octagonal
63:Lake Park
1671:Category
1500:Virginia
1450:Oklahoma
1430:New York
1405:Nebraska
1395:Missouri
1380:Michigan
1370:Maryland
1355:Kentucky
1335:Illinois
1310:Delaware
1300:Colorado
1290:Arkansas
1118:Rockwell
753:Archived
510:See also
298:84003732
158:Heritage
129:Concrete
74:Location
1617:Related
1520:Wyoming
1495:Vermont
1400:Montana
1340:Indiana
1320:Georgia
1315:Florida
1285:Arizona
1275:Alabama
1103:Calumet
962:Kenosha
409:History
374:on the
269: (
1455:Oregon
1410:Nevada
1350:Kansas
1325:Hawaii
1280:Alaska
1216:Topics
1113:Neenah
1098:Asylum
972:Kevich
912:Algoma
824:Main:
719:
704:
696:
668:
465:Plaque
142:Height
1587:Palau
1485:Texas
1365:Maine
1330:Idaho
366:is a
264:Built
177:Light
150:Shape
121:Tower
44:
1541:Guam
1490:Utah
1445:Ohio
1345:Iowa
717:ISBN
702:ISBN
694:ISBN
666:ISBN
478:USCG
362:The
271:1888
267:1888
256:Area
213:Lens
193:1994
185:1888
814:of
382:in
378:of
293:No.
280:MPS
1688::
700:;
653:,
630:.
626:.
583:^
552:.
546:.
535:^
386:,
1271::
1201:e
1194:t
1187:v
804:e
797:t
790:v
723:.
708:.
684:.
682:"
678:"
672:.
657:.
634:.
602:.
577:.
357:.
273:)
35:.
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
