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Managing Organization:
U.S. Bureau of Land Management
Notes:
The Coast Guard station and lighthouse keeper's house on Plum Island were abandoned when the Coast Guard left the island in the early 1990s. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working to obtain ownership of the island from the Bureau of Land Management, and the Door County Maritime Museum and Lighthouse Preservation Society plans to restore the buildings. This cannot take place until a Coast Guard cleanup of contaminated soil takes place.
Tower Height: 65
Height of Focal Plane: 80
Description of Tower: White, square pyramidal iron skeletal tower.
Listed on the Lighthouse Digest Doomsday List of endangered lighthouses.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
Two story brick keeper's house.
Date Established: 1897
Date Present Tower Built: 1897
Optics: 1897: Fourth order Fresnel lens, still in use.
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? No.
Directions:
This lighthouse can be seen from the Washington Island Ferry from Northport. Call 800-223-2094 or email wisferry@itol.com for more information. It can also be viewed from lighthouse cruises offered by Shoreline Charters - see www.theshorelineresort.com or call (920) 854-2606 for details.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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