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The Coast Guard decommissioned the lighthouse in 1994. In 2003 Milwaukee County leased the lighthouse and keepers quarters to the North Point Lighthouse Friends and they began restoration of the tower and keepers quarters. A $984,000 grant was used to restore the light station and it re-opened to the public as a maritime museum in 2007. [5]
This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Wisconsin as identified by the United States Coast Guard and other historical sources.. If not otherwise noted, focal height and coordinates are taken from the United States Coast Guard Light List, [1] while location and dates of activation, automation, and deactivation are taken from the United States Coast Guard Historical information ...
Location of the historic North Point Lighthouse, which was built in 1855. Lincoln 1301 W Hampton Ave 312.3-acre (1,264,000 m 2) Location of the television station transmitter tower for WISN-TV and the combined tower of Weigel Broadcasting's four area stations. Lindbergh 3629 N 16 St 3.0-acre (12,000 m 2) Lindsay 4360 N 87 St 13.3-acre (54,000 m 2)
The neighborhood is home to several historic Milwaukee landmarks and attractions: the 150-year-old North Point Water Tower, 168-year-old North Point Lighthouse and 138-acre public Lake Park for ...
Town hall built in 1872, when the north half of Milwaukee County was mostly rural farmland. Served that role until 1962. Now a museum. 60: Transfer (self-unloading barge) Transfer (self-unloading barge) November 15, 2021 : 6 miles (9.7 km) SE of the Milwaukee Harbor Breakwater Lighthouse in L. Michigan
Lake Park in 1890. Historic North Point Lighthouse at left, in background.. Covering 138.1-acre (559,000 m 2) on the shore of Lake Michigan, [2] the park is part of a mostly contiguous stretch of lakefront amenities that extend north from Milwaukee's downtown, including Bradford Beach, various parks, McKinley Marina, and the Milwaukee Art Museum.
The North Point Water Tower was constructed in 1873-1874 and is the most prominent physical landmark in the neighborhood. Northpoint is also home to the Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum, Columbia St. Mary's Hospital, North Point Lighthouse, Back Bay Park and Bradford Beach.
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