North Point Lighthouse in Lake Park
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- Created Date
- 1975
- Description
The first lighthouse built at this site (1855) was 100 feet closer to the lake and had only a 28 foot tower. Erosion necessitated the move in 1879. The structure standing today was completed in 1912, and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
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- Creator
Mayer, Harold
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Collection
- Harold Mayer Collection
American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Milwaukee Neighborhoods: Photos and Maps 1885 - 1992 - Subjects
- Lighthouses--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Historic buildings--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Parks--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
North Point Lighthouse--Wisconsin--Milwaukee
Lake Park--Wisconsin--Milwaukee - Type
- image
- Format
- Slide
- Rights
- https://uwm.edu/libraries/digital-collections/copyright-digcoll/
- Chicago citation style
- Mayer, Harold. North Point Lighthouse in Lake Park. 1975. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/mkenh/id/29. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Mayer, Harold, (1975) North Point Lighthouse in Lake Park. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/mkenh/id/29
- MLA citation style
- Mayer, Harold. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/mkenh/id/29>.