Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Pennsylvania Lighthouses--Erie Land Light

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ERIE LAND (OLD PRESQUE ISLE) LIGHT

State: PENNSYLVANIA
Location: PRESQUE ISLE/ERIE BAY / LAKE ERIE
Nearest City: ERIE
County: ERIE
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1818

1997 photo courtesy Ted Smith

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1867
Is the Light Operational? NO
Date Deactivated: 1899
Automated:
Foundation Materials: TIMBER/LIMESTONE/CEMENT
Construction Materials: SANDSTONE W/BRICK LINING
Markings/Patterns: UNPAINTED SANDSTONE
Shape: CONICAL ATTACHED TO WORK/OILROOM
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 49
Original Optic: THIRD ORDER FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1867
Present Optic: REMOVED
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 128
Fresnel Lens Disposition: FRESNEL LENS SENT TO MARBLEHEAD, OHIO, IN 1902
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date: 1818
Description: SQUARE, 20-FOOT TOWER
Fate/Disposition: DESTROYED
2. Construction Date: 1858
Description: ROUND 56-FOOT BRICK TOWER
Fate/Disposition: DESTROYED

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES (RENOVATED 1979)

Year Constructed: 1867
Number of Stories: 2
Architectural Style: SALT BOX
Construction Materials: WOOD FRAME/BRICK

Other Structures:

Current Use: CITY PARK

Owner/Manager: CITY OF ERIE

Open to the Public? YES (Go to Lighthouses to Visit for access information)

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #78002397
Name of Listing: ERIE LAND LIGHTHOUSE
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

HABS/HAER Documentation? YES (PA-517)

Miscellaneous:
SITE OF ONE OF FIRST TWO LIGHTS ON GREAT LAKES; THIRD TOWER ON THE SITE; INACTIVE 1881-1885; WHEN LIGHT DEACTIVIATED THE LANTERN WAS TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER LIGHTHOUSE; TOWER ACQUIRED BY CITY OF ERIE 1934; LANTERN RESTORED 1990

Last Modified: Fri, Mar 01 2002 10:39:02 am EDT
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