SHERWOOD POINT

Type:
Year Established:
1883
Existing:
Yes
sherwood point
Download:
File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1999
Photo Credit:
Mike and Carol McKinney
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society Archives
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
STURGEON BAY/GREEN BAY/LAKE MICHIGAN
Latitude:
44° 53.6'
Longitude:
87° 26'
City / Town:
IDLEWILD
U.S. State:
Wisconsin
Location County:
DOOR
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. SHERWOOD POINT
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Tower Established:
1883
Tower Construction Material:
BRICK
Tower Foundation:
CONCRETE
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
61
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
37
Tower Shape:
SQUARE
Fog Signal Building?:
Yes
Fog Signal Bldg Construction Materials:
WOOD
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Keeper's Quarters Style:
ATTACHED
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
BRICK

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
Yes
Current Optic:
UNKNOWN
Original Optic Type:
FIFTH ORDER FRESNEL / FOURTH ORDER FRESNEL
Private Aid:
No
Year Automated:
1983
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Comments:

HISTORICAL INFORMATION:

  • 1881: Congress appropriated funds for a lighthouse to mark the western entry into Sturgeon bay and the ship canal.
  • 1883: The light was lit for the first time.
  • 1892: The light mechanism was replaced as it had on occasion proved unreliable. The apparatus from another lighthouse was installed along with a
  • fourth order Fresnel lens. A fog signal was also installed.
  • 1930s:  Sometime in the 1930s the light was electrified.
  • 1983: The light was automated.
Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jul 21, 2017