Mission Point Lighthouse, Old Mission Peninsula, Traverse City, Michigan
Built in 1870.
MISSION POINT LIGHT (OLD)
OLD MISSION PENINSULA IN GRAND TRAVERSE BAY
Station Established: 1870
Year Current Tower(s) First Lit: 1870
Operational? NO
Automated? YES
Deactivated: 1933
Foundation Materials: NATURAL/EMPLACED
Construction Materials: WOOD
Tower Shape: SQUARE TOWER ON DWELLING
Markings/Pattern: WHITE W/BLACK TRIM
Relationship to Other Structure: INTEGRAL
Original Lens: 1870
Historical Information:
Located exactly on the 45th parallel.
1838 – Mission established in accordance with the Treaty of 1836.
1870 – Light exhibited for the first time.
1889 – Timber revetment built in front of lighthouse to stave off erosion of the sandy bank. Brick cistern constructed in cellar.
1899 – Oil storage building built.
1901 – Walkways and fences constructed.
1940s – Ownership transferred to the state of Michigan.
1948 – Ownership transferred to Peninsula Township.
Keepers:
- Jerome Pratt, Sr. (1870 – 1877)
- John McHaney (1877 – 1881)
- John Lane (1881 – 1906)
- Sarah Lane (Acting - 1906 – 1907)
- James Davenport (1907 – 1919)
- William Green (1919 – 1924)
- Emil Johnson (1924 – 1933)