Port Washington Light Station

by Joan Carroll

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8.000 x 18.000 inches

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Port Washington Light Station

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Joan Carroll

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When I visited this lighthouse, I was still new to lighthouses and lighthouse design, and was surprised to see this squat little house with the light on top. But after seeing many more lighthouses in Wisconsin and New England, I have come to appreciate the myriad sizes and shapes of lighthouses. This 1860 Light Station now houses a museum depicting the life of a light keeper's family in the 19th century. It sits atop St Mary's Hill in Port Washington, and if you are able to tour the museum, you are afforded a spectacular view of Lake Michigan. Or so they tell me. Unfortunately, the museum wasn't open when we were there. The first lighthouse was built on this location in 1848 during the tenure of Stephen Pleasonton of the federal Lighthouse Board when the lowest bid was valued over all else. As a result it had a short life and had to be rebuilt scarcely a decade later. In 1903 the Port Washington Pierhead lighthouse was thought sufficient for marking Port Washington so that use of this lighthouse was discontinued. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. During the summer of 2000, Georges Calteaux, minister of sites and monuments for Luxembourg, toured the museum during a visit to Ozaukee County, which is home to many residents with Luxembourg roots. Inspired by the society's efforts to restore the lighthouse, Calteaux offered to have a replica tower and lantern room built in appreciation for the U.S. servicemen who liberated Luxembourg during World War II. This generous gesture got the society scrambling to raise money, solicit volunteers, and draw up plans for a thorough restoration of the lighthouse. Fulfilling his promise, Calteaux had the replica lantern and tower built in Luxembourg and then delivered to Port Washington in March of 2002. The tower was installed in April, and a dedication ceremony was held at the lighthouse on June 16, 2002.

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August 27th, 2013

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