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Form No. 10-300 REV. (9/77) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DEC 2 9 1978 SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER West breakwall, Lorain Harbor NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY.
TOWN , CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT - VICINITY OF PRESENT USE _DISTRICT X UNOCCUPIED X PRIVATE _WORK IN PROGRESS PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION -IN PROCESS - YES: RESTRICTED _SCIENTIFIC O -BEING CONSIDERED OWNER OF PROPERTY 509 Washington Avenue 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS,ET Lrain County Administration Building 226 Middle Avenue REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS Ohio Historic Inventory DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 093 039 44035 LOCATION HISTORIC OBJECT DATE BOTH Lorain CLASSIFICATION EDUCATIONAL TRANSPORTATION CODE COUNTY Elyria CATEGORY NAME Ohio PARK STATE INDUSTRIAL ACCESSIBLE MILITARY AGRICULTURE OWNERSHIP COMMERCIAL RELIGIOUS GOVERNMENT Lorain County Historical Society Lorain Lighthouse STATUS PH0687596 Lorain County Regional Planning Commission _ENTERTAINMENT COURTHOUSE. DATE ENTERED TITLE July 1976 Donald J.
Pease XBUILDING(S) -STRUCTURE _PUBLIC _OTHER: -SITE - MUSEUM - FEDERAL X STATE COUNTY _LOCAL XNO DESCRIPTION X UNALTERED XORIGINAL SITE X FAIR structure, accessible only by boat.The concrete base rises about fifteen feet above the water and large irregular pieces of stone piled up randomly. When the harbor improvements at Lordin were made in 909, this lighthouse was constructed as the and other apparatus to refract the light into one direction. This commonly used dioptric lens was CONDITION Fresnel lens. This lens has, however, been removed and a small red marker light inserted in its place. gallery, recreation room and The third floor houses a fresh water tank, equipment storage and oil tanks and a paint locker.
The first floor contains the engine room, with air compressors for the EXCELLENT MOVED The walls of the lighthouse are composed of ten and a half inch poured concrete, tile and steel. tial character. Window openings are regularly spaced, as on a house, and have steel exterior shut- The building is a rectangular structure with all of its walls built of poured concrete. It is three a small round structure that houses the beacon. There is no ornament on this building, other than the lighthouse. The southern edge of the platform is joined by the breakwall, which is composed of The lighthouse originally utilized a holophotal lens, composed of a large glass cylinder with mirrors part of extensive improvements to the Lorain harbor made in the 1960's, a new outer breakwall was was used as a marker light to define the edge of the east breakwall for ships entering the harbor.
As the mechanism for the fog horn. The beacon is located atop the building, 58 feet above Lake Erie. primary light, used to guide ships info the Lorain harbor. Three people from the U.S. Coast Guard railings at the base and around the cupola of the building. The vertical proportions of the lighthouse, were stationed at this lighthouse and charged with operating the light. Another light, much smaller, The lighthouse structure rests atop a large rectangular concrete foundation in Lake Erie. It is invented by Jean Augustin Fresnel, later perfected by Thomas Stevenson, and is sometimes called a ters, which give the building, from a distance, even more residential character. The lighthouse tower The baseboards and window frames are made of steel. The basement contains a fresh water pump, fuel lighthouse.
In the twelve years since its abandonment, deterioration has taken its toll, although the constructed, necessitating the removal of the primary harbor light to the outer edge of this wall. A new automatic light was put into operation in early 1966 and this building ceased to function as a fog horn, and auxiliary power generators. The second floor has the living spaces, a bunk room, its steep gable roof and the asymmetrical tower give it a quaint, picturesque appearance, however. CHECK ONE forms a platform for the lighthouse with space for a ten foot walkway around the perimeter of the located at the northern tip of the western breakwall of Lorain harbor. The lighthouse is an isolated stories tall and has a raised basement. The building is topped by a gable roof that gives it a residen- basic structure remains solid.
- DETERIORATED rises from the northeast corner of the building.lt is a square, cupola-like structure that extends just - UNEXPOSED DATE. -GOOD DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE beyond the roof of the lighthouse. The tower is capped by an exterior walkway with balustrade and - RUINS AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW _LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC SCIENCE AGRICULTURE X ARCHITECTURE -SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN ART -OTHER (SPECIFY) SPECIFIC DATES STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE