Nomination for Conneaut Harbor West Breakwater Light

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NPS Form 10-900 No. 10240018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service - NATIONAL This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations of eligibility for individual properties or districts. See instructions in Guidelines the requested information. If an item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, styles, materials, (Form 10-900a). Type all entries. 1. Name of Property other names/site number 2. Location street & numberwest breakwater pierhead, entrance to harbor M/hot for publication city, town code 04 zip code 44030 3.

Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property IV/A Jpublic-local J public-State _sites LX public-Federal A structure Name of related multiple property listing: Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register 0 4. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, I hereby certify that this Signature of certifying official State or Federal agency and bureau 5. National Park Service Certification 1, hereby, certify that this property is: Yentered in the National Register. Jdetermined eligible for the National Register. See continuation sheet. determined not eligible for the removed from the National Register.

other, (explain:) Signature of the Keeper Date of Action Noncontributing Conneaut district state REGISTER building(s) Registration Form Aicinity 243 National Register of Historic Places See continuation sheet. historic name 12-12-91 National Register. Chio Jobject (Rev. 8-86) FEB 2: 1992 county Ashtabula Light Stations of Chio Xnomination LJrequest for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my, opinion, the propertymeets does not meet the National Register criteria. See continuation sheet. for Completing National Register Forms (National Register Bulletin 16). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or by entering Total Date Conneaut Harbor West Breakwater Light code OH 6.

Function or Use Historic Functions (enter categories from instructions) Current Functions (enter categories from instructions) TRANSPORTATION: water-related 7. Description Materials (enter categories from instructions) (enter categories from instructions) Streamline Moderne other - Describe present and historic physical appearance. The Conneaut Harbor West Breakwater Light, owned and operated by the United States Coast Guard, is located on the pierhead of a detached, rubble-mound 50 feet square and 10 feet high, giving the light a focal plane height of black middle band that serves as a daymark. (Old photographs show that it originally was all white.) the first floor, a series of six metal ladders leads to the lantern range of 17 miles, the red 14), and a battery-operated back-up are mounted without protection from weather.

* See continuation sheet steel walls Inside, the first floor (designated, on drawings, "machinery room") Architectural Classification foundation Concrete using metal rungs mounted in the base slab; on the south side of the pedestal is a flight of concrete steps with pipe railing. Above the door The original circular bronze and glass lantern, 5 feet, 114 inches in diameter and glazed to a height of 4 feet, 10 inches, was removed in 1949. and pipe railing. Today, the lantern deck also supports spotlights that roof breakwater. elevation of the first story, and one in each elevation of the second and showing an alternating red and white light (the white having a nominal NPS Form 10-900d OMB Approvel No.

1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Continuation Sheet Conneaut Harbor West Breakwater Light Conneaut, Ohio Ashtabula County electric power transmitted from shore by submarine cable. Section number 8--continued steelwork was fabricated by the Lakeside Bridge & Steel Company of Milwaukee, partially assembled at the Buffalo Lighthouse Depot, then The Conneaut Harbor West Breakwater Light was powered by electricity control house and keepers' dwelling are still extant and have been today, with one notable change: The original circular lantern with helical National Register of Historic Places for its association with the associated historic contexts of bars was removed in 1949;the present plastic beacon showing an was erected in 1935-36 following Government-sponsored construction of new Arch.

[itectural] Str.[uctures] Dept." Working drawings, prepared in 1934 by the Office of Superintendent of Lighthouses, Eleventh District, Detroit, (Both the concrete crib on which the tower rests was erected in 1933-34. The tower in commission at the opening of navigation in 1936. a new 300-mm lens and electronic fog detector. It continues in service alternating white and red flash, together with a battery-powered back-up, are mounted on the lantern platform without protection from weather. on the Great Lakes, 1819-1939." Section number Page approved by Principal Lighthouse Engineer F.P.Dillon.The The present replaceda pierhead lighthouse completed in 1920, (8-86) Conneaut Harbor West Breakwater Light, Conneaut, Ohio Ashtabula County 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

Certitying official has considered the significance of this property in relation to other properties: *locally Applicable National Register Criteria Areas of Significance (enter categories from instructions) Period of Significance Significant Dates Cultural Affiliation Significant Person A. Park and G. B. Skinner State significance of property, and justify criteria, criteria considerations, and areas and periods of significance noted above.

Based on a prototype "Remote Control Pierhead Station for the Great Lakes" is identical to Huron Harbor Light on Lake Erie--for which a separate Shoal Light on Lake Huron, Indiana Harbor East Breakwater Light and Port Washington Breakwater Light on Lake Michigan, and Keweenaw Waterway Upper efficient steel skin, the Conneaut Harbor West Breakwater Light mirrored point for grain, whiskey, and forest products from the interior of Ohio, as Pittsburg, Shenago, and Lake Erie Railroad in 1892, connecting Conneaut with A light has marked the entrance to the Conneaut River since 1835, when the [X See continuation sheet Transportation 1935-36 Architecture the Pittsburgh furnaces of the Carnegie Steel Company, assured the city of discontinued and reerected on the pier. designed in Conneaut Harbor West Breakwater Light is one of six Criteria Considerations (Exceptions) lighthouse design.

plan, operated remotely from shore, and required minimal maintenance. presaged the steel skeleton towers that now dot the nation's coastlines. The railroad deepened the channel and erected docks and extensive hoisting and conveying equipment for Federal Government erected numerous beacons to guide ships safely into the harbors of Lake Erie. the harbor, adjacent to the keeper's dwelling. In 1897 this light was _nationally | statewide trade in the shipment of coal and limestone. It is used, as well, by large They numbers of pleasure craft.

The rest of the file

Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

Major Bibliographical References Cleveland, Ohio. Carriers' Association, 1935. - See continuation sheet -preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) Primary location of additional data: has been requested State historic preservation office -previousiy listed in the National Register Other State agency ]previously determined eligible by the National Register X Federal agency ]designated a National Historic Landmark recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey # Jrecorded by Historic American Engineering Specify repository: Record #_ Nat'l Archives E Records Admin. 10. Geographical Data Acreage of property less than one UTM References Verbal Boundary Description Conneaut Harbor West Breakwater Light, as it rests on the west breakwater pierhead, 50 feet square, at the entrance to Conneaut Harbor. The boundary includes the light station and its foundation. 11.

Form Prepared By name/title - street & number 17903 Roseciiil Road city or town _ zip code 44119 Easting Zone University Local government Previous documentation on file (NPs): N/ A Boundary Justification Northing organization Ohio Historic Preservation Office state Ohio Other Drawing and photograph files. Lake Carriers' Association. Carol Poh Miller/Historical Consultant - under contract with - date 1/31/91 _ telephone 216/692-0747 United States Coast Guard Ninth DLILL NPS Form 10-900e OMB Approvel No 10240018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Conneaut Harbor West Breakwater Light Conneaut, Ohio Ashtabula County PHOTOGRAPHS-CONNEAUT HARBOR WEST BREAKWATER LIGHT, Conneaut, Ohio Ashtabula Co.

1) Conneaut Harbor West Breakwater Light 2) Conneaut, Ohio 4) June 5) Ohio Historic Preservation Office [NOTE: THE ABOVE INFORMATION IS THE SAME FOR PHOTOS #2 & 3] 7) #1 of 4 6) South (facade) and east elevations, looking northwest. 7) #2 of 4 6) South elevation (detail), looking northwest 7) #3 of 4 4) June 6, 1938 diaphone resonators, since removed. 7) #4 of 4 Page (8-86) Continuation Sheet Section number National Register of Historic Places 3) United States Coast Guard photograph 3) Carol Poh Miller photograph 6) North and west elevations, looking south toward harbor. 5) Ohio Historic Preservation Office (copy negative) Note original lantern and National Register of Historic Places Section number _ 2. Green Island Light Intered in the 3. Huron Harbor Light 4. Conneaut Harbor West Breakwater Light 5.

Fairport Harbor West Breakwater Light Page COVER Ottawa County Continuation Sheet Date Listed Light Stations of Ohio MPS National Park Service United States Department of the Interior Substantive Revier MB Approval No.

1024-00 OHIO 2/22/90 Substantive novien Intered in thg 4/10/9 2 4/10193 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NAME : DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF 45TH DAY: 4/10/92 OATE NOMINATOR: FEDERAL OTHER : N PERIOD: PROGRAM UNAPPROVED : N SLR DRAFT: N COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: DATE 2/25/92 REJECT 3/26/92 MULTIPLE DISCIPLINE REVIEWER RETURN APPEAL: NATIONAL: RECOM./CRITERIA DATE RECEIVED: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: Light Stations of Ohio MPS Conneaut Harbor West Breakwater Light REASONS FOR REVIEW: REQUEST: N PROPERTY ACCEPT PDIL: SAMPLE: ntered in tha _resource type STATE/FEDERAL AGENCY CERTIFICATION _current _architectural classification _descriptive text _summary paragraph _clarity _applicable criteria _justification of areas checked _relating significance to the resource _context _relationship of integrity to significance GEOGRAPHICAL DATA _acreage _verbal boundary description _boundary justification ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION/PRESENTATION _photographs OTHER FUNCTION DESCRIPTION materials historic SIGNIFICANCE Builder/Architect BIBLIOGRAPHY CLASSIFICATION Period Signed Date Phone _presentation _count Specific dates .completeness _sketch maps USGS maps Areas of Significance--Check and justify below Statement of Significance one paragraph) UTMS OTHER COMMENTS justification of exception Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to CONNEAUT, ASHTABULA CO., OH CONNEAUT HARBOR WEST BREAKWATER LIBHT CAUTION CABLE USCG CONNEAUT, ASHITABULA Co., OHt CONNEAUT, ASHTABULA CO., off CONNEAUT, ASHTABULA Co., OH 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC CONNEAUT, OHIO-PA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OHIO-PENNSYLVANIA CONNEAUT QUADRANGLE UNITED STATES STATE OF OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HICHWAYS DEPARTMENT NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY