{"nrhp_refnum":"92000243","name":"Conneaut Harbor West Breakwater Light","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"W breakwater pierhead, harbor entrance","address_restricted":false,"city":"Conneaut","county":"Ashtabula County","state":"OH","lat":41.97990541300004,"lon":-80.55777264699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-04-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 60-foot welded and riveted steel lighthouse tower on the west breakwater pierhead at the entrance to Conneaut Harbor on Lake Erie, Conneaut, Ohio, erected in 1935-36 for the federal lighthouse service.","why_significant":"It is one of six similar remote-control pierhead stations built by the Bureau of Lighthouses in the 1930s from a 1934 prototype. Its Streamline Moderne styling and steel skin reflected the architectural trend of the period and marked the end of traditional lighthouse design. It is also tied to Lake Erie shipping and commerce at Conneaut harbor.","narrative":"Conneaut Harbor West Breakwater Light is a 60-foot steel tower on a concrete base at the end of the west breakwater guarding the entrance to Conneaut Harbor on Lake Erie. It was built in 1935-36 to replace a pierhead lighthouse completed in 1920, and it can be reached only by boat. Its design came from a 1934 prototype for a remote-control pierhead station, credited to C. A. Park and G. B. Skinner, and it is one of six similar stations built by the Bureau of Lighthouses in the 1930s. The welded and riveted tower, clad in boiler plate, shows Streamline Moderne styling and could be built cheaply, run remotely from shore and maintained with little effort. That approach marked the end of traditional lighthouse design. The light also reflects the harbor's role in shipping grain, ore, coal and limestone. Automated in 1971, it remains an active aid to navigation operated by the Coast Guard.","period_of_significance":"1935-36","architect_builder":"C. A. Park and G. B. Skinner","architectural_style":"Streamline Moderne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Continues in service as an active light, owned and operated by the U.S. Coast Guard; automated in 1971.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.673778-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/92000243.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000243/dc6b2fe6c4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000243/dc6b2fe6c4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Kathleen Kerr","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Conneaut_Harbor_West_Breakwater_light.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Kathleen Kerr</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:Conneaut_Harbor_West_Breakwater_light.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984452","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81643507"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/ashtabula-county/conneaut-harbor-west-breakwater-light-92000243/"}