Pictures of saint joseph michigan lighthouse

Calvin Britain arrived at the mouth of St. Joseph River in 1829 and shortly thereafter platted the village of Newburyport, whose name would be changed to St. Joseph when the village was incorporated in 1834.

Situated across Lake Michigan from Chicago, St. Joseph received its first lighthouse in 1832, just months after the first lighthouse on Lake Michigan commenced operation at Chicago. St. Joseph’s first lighthouse consisted of a conical, rubblestone tower topped by a four-inch-thick soapstone deck and an octagonal lantern room.

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A single-story stone dwelling was built nearby for the keeper of the light. John Scott was awarded a $2,700 contract for constructing the tower and dwelling, and Winslow Lewis received $500 for installing eleven of his patent lamps and fourteen-inch reflectors.

Congress had appropriated $5,000 for the light on March 3, 1831.

Work on constructing piers to facilitate entering St. Joseph River from Lake Michigan began in 1836, and