Sherwood Point Light
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Location | Idlewild, Wisconsin |
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Coordinates | 44°53′34″N 87°26′0.36″W / 44.89278°N 87.4334333°WCoordinates: 44°53′34″N 87°26′0.36″W / 44.89278°N 87.4334333°W[1][2] |
Foundation | Concrete |
Construction | Brick |
Automated | 1983 |
Height | 37 feet (11 m) |
Shape | Square[1] |
Light | |
First lit | 1883 |
Lens | Fifth order Fresnel lens |
Range | 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi)[1] |
Characteristic | White, Isophase 6 s[1] |
Sherwood Point Light Station | |
Area | 4 acres (1.6 ha) |
Built | 1883 |
MPS | U.S. Coast Guard Lighthouses and Light Stations on the Great Lakes TR (Archived October 17, 2012) |
NRHP reference No. | 84003663[3] |
Added to NRHP | July 19, 1984 |
The Sherwood Point lighthouse is a lighthouse located near Idlewild in Door County, Wisconsin, United States.
Situated on the west side of the north entrance to Sturgeon Bay, it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[3]
Further reading
- Havighurst, Walter. The Long Ships Passing: The Story of the Great Lakes. Macmillan, 1943.
- Oleszewski, Wes, Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses. Gwinn, MI: Avery Color Studios, 1998. ISBN 0-932212-98-0.
- Sapulski, Wayne S. Lighthouses of Lake Michigan: Past and Present. Fowlerville, MI: Wilderness Adventure Books, 2001. ISBN 0-923568-47-6.
- Wright, Larry and Patricia, Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia. Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006. ISBN 1-55046-399-3.
References
- ^ a b c d Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2014.
- ^ Sherwood Point Lighthouse in Lighthouse Resources: Historic Lighthouses & Light Stations, United States Coast Guard, October 15, 2019
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Wisconsin". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
- Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sherwood Point Light Station.
- Sherwood Point Lighthouse, Door County Maritime Museum
- Pepper, Terry, Seeing the light, Sherwood Point Light Station (Archived May 9, 2021)
- Lighthouse friends article
- NPS Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Wisconsin (Archived October 9, 2012)
- Pepper, Terry. "Seeing the Light: Lighthouses on the western Great Lakes". Archived from the original on 2022-04-22.
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. WI-110, "Sherwood Point Light Station, Sherwood Point Road at the mouth (west side) of Sturgeon Bay, Sturgeon Bay, Door County, WI", 19 photos, 1 data page, 5 photo caption pages
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