Property Record
411 S 4TH AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Dunlap Reef Lighthouse |
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| Reference Number: | 49796 |
| Location (Address): | 411 S 4TH AVE |
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| County: | Door |
| City: | Sturgeon Bay |
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| Year Built: | 1881 |
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| Additions: | 1924 |
| Survey Date: | 1982 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Other Vernacular |
| Structural System: | Unknown |
| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | This frame residential structure has been substantially altered over time and is no longer of any historic architectural interest. The Federal Government constructed this lighthouse in 1881 when the Sturgeon Bay-Lake Michigan Canal opened. It warned vessels of the dangerous Dunlap Reef. In 1924 the lighthouse was obsoleted by automatic devices and sold to Ruben Dickenson. Dickenson moved the structure to S. Fourth Avenue minus the light tower and beacon. Dickenson resided in the building for many years and passed it to his son-in-law Milton Ahrens. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. Stanley R. Greene, "Dunlap Reef Lighthouse, The Peninsula, Vol. 7 (Summer 1963) 30-33. B. Door Co. Commercial Club, Views from Door County (1906-1911), p.4. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |