Historic Upper Peninsula Lighthouse Up For Auction

MICHIGAN — A lighthouse opened more than 100 years ago is now available for anyone who has the space for a historic structure that stands 68 feet tall.

The Keweenaw Waterway Lower Entrance Light is being sold in an auction and currently has five bids — the highest being $16,000, according to GSA Auctions. The lighthouse, which contains about 1,000 square feet of interior space, is located at the end of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers breakwater in Houghton County.

The lighthouse sits at the southern end of the Portage River and is also known as the Portage Entry Light or the Portage Lake Lower Entry Light. According to the auction site, the active aid to navigation was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. The lighthouse first opened in 1919.

Due to the previous steward's inability to comply with the requirements of the National Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000, the light is now available for purchase through public auction.

The lighthouse will be open to inspection by bidders on Aug. 30 and bidders will be required to sign a waver.