North Point Light

This article is about the lighthouse in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. For the lighthouse in Queensland, Australia, see North Point Hummock Light. For the lighthouse in Prince Edward Island, Canada, see North Cape Light.
North Point Lighthouse Museum
North Point Lighthouse in Lake Park
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LocationMilwaukee, Wisconsin
Coordinates43°03′56″N 87°52′17″W / 43.06556°N 87.87139°W / 43.06556; -87.87139
Tower
FoundationConcrete
ConstructionCast Iron (1888) / Steel (1912)
Height74 feet (23 m)
ShapeOctagonal
HeritageNational Register of Historic Places listed place Edit this on Wikidata
Light
First lit1888
Deactivated1994
Focal height47 m (154 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
LensFourth order Fresnel lens
North Point Lighthouse Museum
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1888 (1888)
MPSU.S. Coast Guard Lighthouses and Light Stations on the Great Lakes TR
NRHP reference No.84003732[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 19, 1984
The North Point Lighthouse
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The North Point Lighthouse Museum is a lighthouse built in 1888 in Lake Park on the East Side of Milwaukee in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States to mark the entrance to the Milwaukee River. The lighthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[2][1] It was also added to the Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey as survey HABS WI-358.

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "North Point Lighthouse". Wisconsin Historical Society. January 2012. Retrieved 2020-01-20.