The Sherwood Point lighthouse is a
lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.
Lighthouses mar ...
located near
Idlewild in
Door County,
Wisconsin
Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...
, United States.
Situated on the west side of the north entrance to
Sturgeon Bay
Sturgeon Bay is an arm of Green Bay extending southeastward approximately 10 miles into the Door Peninsula at the city of Sturgeon Bay, located approximately halfway up the Door Peninsula. The bay is connected to Lake Michigan by the Sturge ...
, it was listed in the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1984.
Further reading
* Havighurst, Walter. ''The Long Ships Passing: The Story of the Great Lakes''. Macmillan, 1943.
* Oleszewski, Wes, ''Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses''. Gwinn, MI: Avery Color Studios, 1998. .
* Sapulski, Wayne S. ''Lighthouses of Lake Michigan: Past and Present''. Fowlerville, MI: Wilderness Adventure Books, 2001. .
* Wright, Larry and Patricia, ''Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia''. Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006. .
References
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External links
Sherwood Point Lighthouse Door County Maritime Museum
(Archived May 9, 2021)
Lighthouse friends article
(Archived October 9, 2012)
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Historic American Engineering Record in Wisconsin
Lighthouses completed in 1883
Lighthouses in Door County, Wisconsin
Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
National Register of Historic Places in Door County, Wisconsin
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