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Managing Organization:
Sand Point Lighthouse
Telephone: 906-786-3763
Contact Address Information:
P.O. Box 1776
Escanaba
Michigan, 49829, United States
Notes:
An 1886 fire at this lighthouse killed the keeper, Mary Terry. The building has ben restored by the Delta County Historical Society and is now open as a museum. The present lantern is the discarded lantern from Poverty Island Light; the original was removed when the light was discontinued. A fourth order lens originally used in the 1927 Menominee Pier Light is now in use in the lighthouse.
Tower Height: 41
Height of Focal Plane: 44
Description of Tower: White, square brick tower attached to keeper's dwelling.
This light is operational
Other Buildings?
Integral 1.5 story brick keeper's dwelling.
Date Established: 1868
Date Present Tower Built: 1868
Date Deactivated: 1939-1989
Optics: 1868: Fourth order Fresnel lens.
Current Use: Museum
Open To Public? Yes.
Museum?
The Sand Point Lighthouse Museum is open in summer, Memorial Day through Labor Day, seven days a week, 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Directions:
From US Route 2 and US Route 41 go east on Ludington Street and follow for about 1.7 miles to the lighthouse.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Keepers: Mary Terry (?-1886, died in service).
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