Fort Gratiot Light

Fort Gratiot Light (HM1FUS)

Location: Port Huron, MI 48060 St. Clair County
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Country: United States of America
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N 43° 0.4', W 82° 25.347'

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In 1825, A lighthouse was established near the mouth of the St. Clair River, at the southern end of Lake Huron. It sat just north of Fort Gratiot, a military outpost that would give the lighthouse its name. That light, of poor construction and location, crumbled during a September storm in 1828.


Bids were soon offered for the replacement of the light, and in 1829 Lucius Lyon received the contract to build the new tower for a price of $4,445. The new tower's location was moved a half mile north of the original tower, which would prove more visible by the mariners navigating on the lake. The tower and keeper's dwelling were completed in late winter of 1829.


Since 1829, a few changes have taken place. The tower height was raised from 65 feet to 82 feet in 1862 and in 2011, a massive restoration effort replaced 35,000 damaged bricks on the outer shell of the tower.


The Fort Gratiot Lighthouse is the oldest in the State of Michigan and the second oldest in all the Great Lakes.


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1870, 1904, 1913, 1945, 2011
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HM NumberHM1FUS
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Placed ByPort Huron Museum, Saint Clair County, Michigan Dept of Environmental Quality, and NOAA
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Tuesday, October 21st, 2014 at 12:00pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17T E 384070 N 4762536
Decimal Degrees43.00666667, -82.42245000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 43° 0.4', W 82° 25.347'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds43° 0' 24" N, 82° 25' 20.82" W
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Area Code(s)810
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling North
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 2898 Conger St, Port Huron MI 48060, US
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