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Old Lighthouse

Location: Old Lighthouse Museum in Washington Park, Michigan City, IN 46260 (LaPorte County)

Marker No Longer Standing. Replaced by local marker

Installed: Erected by Indiana Sesquicentennial Commission, 1966

ID#: 46.1966.1

Marker Review Report: Learn more here.

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Built on the water’s edge, 1858, by the United States Government. One of the first lights on the Great Lakes. Harriet E. Colfax was the tender from 1853-1903. Remodelled 1904, electrified 1933, discontinued 1960.

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Buildings and architecture, navigation