National Register of Historic Places
Green Bay Harbor Entrance Light
Port Comfort vicinity, Brown County, Wisconsin
The record
- Listed
- March 28, 2008
- Type
- Structure
- Address
- Offshore approx. 3.1 mi. NW. of Port Comfort (Scott Township), Port Comfort vicinity
- County
- Brown
- State
- Wisconsin
- Period of significance
- 1925 to 1974
- Contributing resources
- 1 structure
- Coordinates
- 44.65326, -87.90005
- Reference number
- 08000248
The story
Written by AI from this property's National Register nomination and the record above; every sentence is checked against its sources before it appears here. Corrections: privacy@treealive.com
The Green Bay Harbor Entrance Light is a lighthouse structure offshore about 3.1 miles northwest of Port Comfort, in Brown County. It was built in 1935, with no distinctive style.
Why it's listed
It was listed in the National Register in 2008 under criteria A and C, with local-level significance in maritime history, transportation, architecture and engineering. Its significance spans 1935 to 1957, reflecting the light's construction that year.
Physical character
The light stands on a circular concrete pier over a wooden crib, with a reinforced concrete foundation, steel and concrete walls, and riprap. A steel skeletal tower rises to a cylindrical lantern with helical metal mullions and a fourth order Fresnel lens; the original steel-sash windows were replaced in 1935 with red lexan panes, and it was automated in 1980.
Historical context
Congress appropriated funds for light stations in 1866 but withdrew them in 1867 before construction began; a permanent lighthouse was finally built in 1934 and 1935, established with four aids to navigation and a submarine cable. The Bureau of Lighthouses merged with the Coast Guard in 1939, when Coast Guard crews began manning the light in two-week stints; its distance-finding station was discontinued in the 1950s and its radiobeacon in 1988.