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Managing Organization:
Door County
Notes:
This unusual lighthouse is within Door County's Ridges Wildlife Sanctuary. Tower Height: 21 Height of Focal Plane: 22 Description of Tower: White, square wooden tower with octagonal wooden lantern.
This light is not operational
Date Established: 1870 Date Present Tower Built: 1870 Date Deactivated: 1969 Optics: 1869: Fifth order Fresnel lens. Current Use: Part of wildlife sanctuary. Open To Public? Grounds only. Directions:
From Highway 57 North, take Ridges Road to the Ridges Wildlife Sanctuary and the range lights. Listed on the
National Register of Historic Places Keepers: Fabian Trudell (1869-1872), Marcus Shaler (1872-1875), Joseph Harris Jr. (1875-1881), Hans L. Hanson (1881-1882), George Larson (1882-1888), John Millidge (1888-1896), Henry Gattie (1896-1923)
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