Property Record
PLUM ISLAND, NE TIP
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Plum Island Life-Saving and Light Station |
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| Other Name: | PLUM ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 25964 |
| Location (Address): | PLUM ISLAND, NE TIP |
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| County: | Door |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Washington |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 33 |
| Range: | 29 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 26 |
| Quarter Section: | NW |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | NW |
| Year Built: | 1897 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 1975 |
| Historic Use: | lifesaving station facility/lighthouse |
| Architectural Style: | Shingle Style |
| Structural System: | |
| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
| Architect: | George Tolman |
| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Plum Island Life-Saving and Light Station |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 6/24/2010 |
| National Register Multiple Property Name: |
| Additional Information: | A 'site file' titled "Plum Island Life-Saving and Light Stations" exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. 4 STORY SQUARE LIGHT TOWER. Sole surviving example of a Duluth-type life-saving station on the Great Lakes. Station was moved to Washington Island by the Coast Guard in 1990. Boat bays were enclosed in 1929 and a half-story gable roof addition was added to the east portion, straddling the ridge of the original roof. This new space provided additional sleeping quarters, while the boat bay was used for miscellaneous storage. The porch was screen in sometime in the 1960s. Also sometime in the 1960s, the original double-hung windows next to the door were replaced by a large, fixed picture window. Originally, the east section of the biding contained a keeper's room, office, kitchen, and mess room with sleeping quarters in the half-story above. The west section was used for storing boats and equipment. The interior has been altered over the years to accommodate changing uses and personnel. The basement of the east section was used as a recreation room from the 1950s until 1990. Its concrete walls retain images painted by Coast Guard personnel. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Green Bay Press Gazette 5/26/2002. https://www.plumandpilot.org/ |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |