The Sherwood Point lighthouse is a lighthouse located near Idlewild in Door County, Wisconsin, United States.
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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°W[1][2] |
| Tower | |
| Foundation | Concrete |
| Construction | Brick |
| Automated | 1983 |
| Height | 37 feet (11 m) |
| Shape | Square[1] |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place  |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1883 |
| Focal height | 18.5 m (61 ft) |
| 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 |
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
edit- 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
edit- ^ 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 May 1, 2017.
- Light List, Volume VII, Great Lakes (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sherwood Point Light Station.
- Sherwood Point Lighthouse Archived January 30, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, 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 April 2, 2022.
- 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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