Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Wisconsin--Kenosha (Southport) Light

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KENOSHA (SOUTHPORT) LIGHT

State: WISCONSIN
Location: SIMMONS ISLAND/LAKE MICHIGAN
Nearest City: KENOSHA
County: KENOSHA
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1848

Photo courtesy National Register of Historic Places; photo by Rebecca Strand, 1989

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1866
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: 1906-1996
Automated: 1996
Foundation Materials: STONE
Construction Materials: MILWAUKEE CREAM CITY BRICK
Markings/Patterns: MORTAR COAT
Shape: CONICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 55 FEET
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1866
Present Optic: 300 MM PLASTIC LENS
Year Present Lens Installed: 1996
Height of Focal Plane: 74
Fresnel Lens Disposition: UNKNOWN

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date: 1848/1858
Description: CONICAL
Fate/Disposition: BOTH TORN DOWN

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1867
Number of Stories: 2
Architectural Style: GABLED ELL
Construction Materials: MILWAUKEE CREAM-CITY BRICK

Other Structures: STORAGE SHED (ADDED TO SITE)

Current Use: HISTORIC SITE

Owner/Manager: CITY OF KENOSHA / KENOSHA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #90000995
Name of Listing: KENOSHA LIGHT STATION
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed: 1975

Miscellaneous:
REPLACED BY NEW PIER HEAD LIGHT 1906; KEEPER CONTINUED TO LIVE IN DWELLING; STORM WARNING TOWER SECURED TO TOWER IN 1913, USED UNTIL 1953; CUPOLA & LANTERN REMOVED 1913, REPLICATED 1994, RELIT IN 1996

Last Modified: Wed, Mar 27 2002 8:50:02 am EDT
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