{"nrhp_refnum":"91000971","name":"Huron Harbor Light","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"W breakwater pierhead, at the foot of Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Huron","county":"Erie County","state":"OH","lat":41.404553461000035,"lon":-82.54376139199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-12-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 60-foot welded steel lighthouse tower on a concrete pedestal and base slab at the pierhead of the west breakwater at Huron Harbor, Huron, Ohio. It was built in 1935-36 by the Bureau of Lighthouses and is owned and operated by the U.S. Coast Guard.","why_significant":"It is one of six similar remote-control pierhead stations on the Great Lakes, all based on a 1934 prototype. Its Streamline-Moderne styling and steel skin reflect the architectural trend of the 1930s and mark the end of traditional lighthouse design. It is also tied to the commercial history of Lake Erie shipping and light stations.","narrative":"Huron Harbor Light is a 60-foot welded steel tower standing on a concrete pedestal at the end of the west breakwater at Huron, Ohio. Built in 1935-36, it follows a 1934 prototype for remote-control pierhead stations on the Great Lakes, and it is one of six similar stations built by the Bureau of Lighthouses in the 1930s. It is identical to the Conneaut Harbor West Breakwater Light. Its steel plate skin and Streamline-Moderne look reflect a shift away from traditional lighthouse design toward cheap, standardized towers that could be run from shore with little maintenance. The tower replaced earlier lights that had marked the harbor since 1835, after the breakwater was extended 1,200 feet lakeward. Steelwork was fabricated in Milwaukee and partly assembled in Buffalo before erection at Huron. The light was automated in 1972 and remains active. Its significance rests on its role in Lake Erie commerce and on its architecture.","period_of_significance":"1935-36","architect_builder":"C. A. Park and G. B. Skinner","architectural_style":"Streamline Moderne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The light continues in service; it was automated in 1972 and now serves mostly pleasure craft. The original lantern was removed in 1949.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.597949-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/91000971.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000971/f16ceae968-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000971/f16ceae968-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Jstuby at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Huron_Harbor_Light_OH.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jstuby at en.wikipedia</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Huron_Harbor_Light_OH.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984692","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huron_Harbor_Light","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5946880"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/erie-county/huron-harbor-light-91000971/"}