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Managing Organization:
Kenosha County Historical Society
Telephone: 262-654-5770
Website: /www.kenoshahistorycenter.org/content/light.html
Email:
Contact Address Information:
6300 Third Avenue
Kenosha
Wisconsin, 53140, United States
Notes:
The Kenosha County Historical Society has built a replica lantern for this lighthouse; the original was removed after the light was deactivated. The lighthouse was activated as a private aid to navigation in 1996, and the restoration of the station is ongoing.
Tower Height: 55
Description of Tower: Conical brick tower.
This light is not operational
Other Buildings?
Two story brick keeper's house, storage shed.
Date Established: 1866
Date Present Tower Built: 1866
Date Deactivated: 1906-1996
Optics: 1866: Fourth order Fresnel lens; now 300 mm optic.
Current Use: Historic site, private aid to navigation.
Directions:
Call for tour availability. Located on Simmons Island adjacent to Simmons Island Park, at 50th Street and Lake Michigan.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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