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Managing Organization:
Friends of the Wind Point Lighthouse
Contact Address Information:
Suite 200, 601 Lake Avenue
Racine
Wisconsin, 53401, United States
Notes:
The Friends of the Wind Point Lighthouse open this lighthouse for occasional tours. The lighthouse grounds and hall are being made available for rent to groups. The lighthouse station is managed by the Village of Wind Point; the Coast Guard still maintains the active optic.
Tower Height: 108
Height of Focal Plane: 111
Description of Tower: White, conical brick tower.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
1880 1.5 story brick keeper's house, 1900 brick fog signal building, oil house, garage, two storage buildings.
Date Established: 1880
Date Present Tower Built: 1880
Date Automated: 1964
Optics: 1880: Third order Fresnel lens; now DCB-24.
Fog Signal: 1900: Steam powered fog horn (removed 1964).
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? Yes.
Museum?
The lighthouse is open for occasional tours, and there is discussion of adding historical exhibits in the future.
Directions:
The lighthouse is on Lighthouse Drive in Racine.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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