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Managing Organization:
City of Port Huron/Port of Huron Museum
Telephone: 810-982-3659
Website: http://www.phmuseum.org
Notes:
This is the oldest lighthouse in Michigan. Today it is part of the Port Huron Coast Guard Station. The Port Huron Museum conducts tours. In October 2005, the federal government Friday accepted the National Park Service's recommendation that the city of Port Huron receive ownership of the lighthouse under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000.
Tower Height: 82
Height of Focal Plane: 86
Characteristic and Range: Green flash every 6 seconds.
Description of Tower: White, conical brick tower with black lantern.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
1875 two-story duplex brick keepers' dwelling.
Date Established: 1825
Date Present Tower Built: 1829
Date Automated: 1933
Optics: 18??: Fifth order Fresnel lens; now DCB-24.
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? By reservation.
Museum?
Tours of the Fort Gratiot Lighthouse are offered free of charge by the Port Huron Museum from May 1 to October 1. Call Bob Hanford at 810-982-3659 for reservations.
Directions:
From I-94: Follow MI Route 25 north. Turn right on Garfield Street and follow Gratiot Avenue to the Coast Guard station and lighthouse.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Keepers: George McDougall, Jr. (1825-1842);
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