The first lighthouse to shine on the Great Lakes. Created to aid navigation and promote shipping, the original 20-ft. beacon (1818) and the subsequent brick tower (1858) were built upon unstable soil. The sandstone tower (1867) was the 3rd built here.

Marker is on Lighthouse Street 0.1 miles north of East 2nd Street, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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