The Sherwood Point lighthouse is a
lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lens (optics), lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.
Ligh ...
located near
Idlewild in
Door County
Door County is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, its population was 30,066. Its seat of government is Sturgeon Bay.
It is named after the strait between the Door Peninsula and Washington Island. T ...
,
Wisconsin
Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...
, United States.
Situated on the west side of the north entrance to
Sturgeon Bay
Sturgeon Bay is an arm of Green Bay extending southeastward approximately 10 miles into the Door Peninsula at the city of Sturgeon Bay, located approximately halfway up the Door Peninsula. The bay is connected to Lake Michigan by the Sturgeo ...
, it was listed in the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1984.
Further reading
* Havighurst, Walter. ''The Long Ships Passing: The Story of the Great Lakes''. Macmillan, 1943.
* Oleszewski, Wes, ''Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses''. Gwinn, MI: Avery Color Studios, 1998. .
* Sapulski, Wayne S. ''Lighthouses of Lake Michigan: Past and Present''. Fowlerville, MI: Wilderness Adventure Books, 2001. .
* Wright, Larry and Patricia, ''Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia''. Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006. .
References
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External links
Sherwood Point Lighthouse, Door County Maritime Museum
(Archived May 9, 2021)
Lighthouse friends article
(Archived October 9, 2012)
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Historic American Engineering Record in Wisconsin
Lighthouses completed in 1883
Lighthouses in Door County, Wisconsin
Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
National Register of Historic Places in Door County, Wisconsin
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