Because the state of Wisconsin has a lot of coastline, it has quite a few lighthouses (even a few on inland lakes). So the Lighthouse of the Week has featured many of them. This one is about as far south in Wisconsin as it is possible to go on the Lake Michigan coast, as it's located near Kenosha.
It is no longer a working lighthouse, which is too bad because both the lighthouse and the lighthouse keeper's house are good-looking and well-preserved. (Sometimes people say that about me. Not many people, though.) The lighthouse and keeper's house are now a museum.
If you aren't familiar with this locale, here is a locator map. I zoomed out so it's possible to see Kenosha, the Illinois/Wisconsin border, and even Highway 41, subject of many posts on this blog on the end-to-end Highway 41 Streetview trek.
I'll let the Lighthouse Directory tell us more.
"1866 (station established 1848). Inactive as an official light since 1906, when it was replaced by the pierhead light (below); a decorative light is displayed to recognize donations to the maintenance fund of the lighthouse. 300 mm lens. 52 ft (16 m) round brick tower with lantern and gallery, attached to 2-story brick keeper's house; 300 mm lens. The lantern is a replica (1994); the original lantern was removed in 1913. Lighthouse is unpainted; lantern painted black. The keeper's house remained in service to about 1940."Here's the link to the Lighthouse Directory's Southeast Wisconsin page; scroll to the bottom to find more about this lighthouse (with links to even more information).
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