I hope you enjoy your virtual visit to our home town and its historic lighthouse. Many thanks to Dave Kramer, an energetic member of the Board of the Lorain Lighthouse preservation group. He took this stunning picture from a helicopter. He has agreed to share it with lighthouse lovers on the Internet. Lighthouses have guided mariners into the port of Lorain for 160 years.
Steel shutters protect the numerous windows and a heavy steel railing surrounds the building.
The square light tower rises from the second story, topped by a sturdy, cast-iron lantern house. The handsome structure was definitely built to take on the worst Lake Erie could throw at it. The trusty beacon, which could be seen for 15 miles, served until 1965 when it was decommissioned by the Coast Guard and extinguished. With the station no longer of any use, the Coast Guard announced it would be demolished. Determined to save the symbol of their port, the citizens of Lorain formed an association and funds were raised.