Milwaukee Harbor entry north pier, SE corner of H.W. Maier Festival Park
Historic Name: | Milwaukee Pierhead Light |
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Reference Number: | 12000971 |
Location (Address): | Milwaukee Harbor entry north pier, SE corner of H.W. Maier Festival Park |
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County: | Milwaukee |
City/Village: | Milwaukee |
Township: |
Milwaukee Pierhead Light Milwaukee Harbor entry, north pier, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County Date of construction: 1906 Architect: Office of the Engineer, Ninth Lighthouse District The Milwaukee Pierhead Light is a 42 foot tall, steel conical tower lighthouse established as an aid to navigation in 1906. It stands atop the offshore end of the north pier at the entry to Milwaukee harbor from Lake Michigan. The light tower is built of eight courses of curved steel plates, each approximately three feet tall and fastened with rivets. Each successive course has a slightly smaller diameter, giving the tower a slightly tapering profile. The nearby Breakwater Light's resident keepers maintained the Pierhead Light until 1966, when the Pierhead Light was automated. While automated, the light continues its role aiding mariners by marking the port's entry channel and the lighthouse continues as a reminder of the City of Milwaukee’s historical role as one of Lake Michigan's most important commercial ports. |
Period of Significance: | 1906-1966 |
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Area of Significance: | Maritime History |
Area of Significance: | Engineering |
Area of Significance: | Transportation |
Applicable Criteria: | Architecture/Engineering |
Applicable Criteria: | Event |
Historic Use: | Transportation: Water-Related |
Architectural Style: | No Style Listed |
Resource Type: | Structure |
Architect: | Office of the Engineer, Ninth Lighthouse District |
Historic Status: | Listed in the National Register |
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Historic Status: | Listed in the State Register |
National Register Listing Date: | 11/21/2012 |
State Register Listing Date: | 07/31/2012 |
Number of Contributing Buildings: | 0 |
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Number of Contributing Sites: | 0 |
Number of Contributing Structures: | 1 |
Number of Contributing Objects: | 0 |
Number of Non-Contributing Sites: | 0 |
Number of Non-Contributing Structures: | 1 |
Number of Non-Contributing Objects: | 0 |
National Register and State Register of Historic Places, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |