The current lighthouse is built in the schoolhouse style, with its tower integrated into the house structure. This was a common design used by many of the lighthouses built in the late 1850s/early 1860s, which saw a large increase in the number of lighthouses built on Lake Michigan. (See
Port Washington Light,
Grand Traverse Light,
Pilot Island Light). Unlike most other lighthouses of the period, which were commonly built with brick, it was built out of local limestone. The lighthouse sits on a bluff 137 feet high, giving a focal height of 159 feet for its original fourth-order fresnel lens. The original light tower, including the lens, was removed after automation, and both the current lens and light platform are reconstructions. The lighthouse is currently configured with a kitchen, sitting room, and one bedroom on the first floor, three bedrooms on the second floor, and a keeper's office on the partial third floor with the access to the light platform above. Some original artifacts, including the original wood stove, have been preserved, and the remainder of the house has been furnished with period appropriate furnishings, including a collection of antique quilts. The lighthouse did have a telephone connection to the mainland installed in 1903, but never had electricity or running water. When the light was electrified and automated in 1947, it ran off of batteries, which had to be replaced by the Coast Guard periodically. The current light, which is on a steel tower just south of the original lighthouse, is solar powered. A summer kitchen was added to the rear of the building sometime after 1883. Unlike the rest of the lighthouse, it was not restored to period, and instead functions as a gift shop and beginning/end point for tours. ==Keepers==