So, continuing and catching up, this is the second Michigan lighthouse, which gets back on the right week of the calendar.
This is definitely a non-traditional lighthouse, and as you can deduce from the name, it's also a memorial. It's located in Detroit, on Belle Isle in the Detroit River. This time, strangely enough, instead of like the previous lighthouse where Canada was located to the north, in this case, Canada is actually to the south.
Now let's find out more about this one, again from the Lighthouse Directory.
"1930 (Gaza Moroti). Active; focal plane 58 ft (17.5 m); white light occulting every 4 s, day and night. 50 ft (15 m) square fluted white marble tower, unpainted, with black lantern but no gallery. ... The only marble lighthouse in the U.S., this tower was built with private funds as a memorial to William Livingstone, president of the Lakes Carriers Association from 1902 until his death in 1925. Although it is not officially a leading light this light is aligned with the entrance to the Detroit River for southbound ships."
Lighthouse Friends page on the Livingstone Memorial Lighthouse
A short video:
And pictures:
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