{"nrhp_refnum":"83001950","name":"Cleveland West Pierhead Light","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Cleveland Harbor on Lake Erie","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cleveland","county":"Cuyahoga County","state":"OH","lat":41.50905677500003,"lon":-81.71761701199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-08-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Engineering","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A harbor light and fog signal at the main entrance to Cleveland Harbor on Lake Erie, in Cleveland, Ohio. The brick tower sheathed with wood was erected in 1909-1910, and a fog signal house was added in 1916.","why_significant":"The inventory form describes the light as marking the main harbor entrance together with a small beacon on the east breakwater. It was built as part of the harbor improvements that included the arrowhead breakwaters of 1904-1909. The form states that the lighthouse played an important role in the development of Cleveland harbor.","narrative":"Cleveland West Pierhead Light is a harbor light and fog signal on the west pierhead at the main entrance to Cleveland Harbor, on Lake Erie. Together with a small metal beacon on the east breakwater, it marks the channel into the harbor. The arrowhead breakwaters were built between 1904 and 1909 to shelter the harbor from prevailing northerly winds, and in 1908 $45,000 was appropriated for two light stations. The tower, erected in 1909-1910, is four stories of brick sheathed with wood, painted white and conical in shape. It has a basement, a galley on the first floor and living quarters on the upper floors, which are no longer occupied. A watchroom and circular lantern top the tower. The light still shines through a 4th-order Fresnel lens marked Paris, 1884, at a focal plane height of 63 feet. A covered passage links the tower to a steel-clad fog signal house built in 1916. The Coast Guard owns the structure, and it remains in use.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Still in use as a harbor light and fog signal; the tower's living quarters are no longer occupied. Condition is marked fair, with exterior, interior and environs noted as intact.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.752924-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/64/8910/28891064/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/83001950.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001950/ac51535aa5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001950/ac51535aa5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"User:Kuyacmh","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cleveland_West_Pierhead_Light,_Cleveland,_OH.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Kuyacmh</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cleveland_West_Pierhead_Light,_Cleveland,_OH.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28891064","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_West_Pierhead_Light","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28374708"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/cuyahoga-county/cleveland-west-pierhead-light-83001950/"}