Clouds, mountains, the water and a mansion. Can you identify this issue’s Mystery Photo? Do your investigation, then send your results to ebrack2@gmail.com and include your hometown!
In the last issue, the mystery was Holland Harbor Lighthouse, nicknamed “The Big Red Lighthouse” located in Holland State Park at the entrance to Lake Macatawa from Lake Michigan. Margaret Halbert of Roswell, a native Michigander, told us: “I have a print of this lighthouse in my home office!” But who sent it in? GwinnettForum lost the name. Please let us know.
Others recognizing it included Jay Altman, Columbia, S.C.; George Graf, Palmyra, Va.; Virginia Klaer, Duluth; Elaine Still, Braselton; Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill; Stewart Ogilvie of Rehobeth, Ala. and Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex., who added: “This was the third light built at this location and is Michigan’s most photographed lighthouse. The first gas light was built at this site in 1872 at the bequest of early Dutch settlers who had long been petitioning the U.S. government to light a path to and from what was then called Lake Black (now Lake Macatawa).
“This first structure was a small, square, wooden structure that stood on an open platform on legs above the deck of the pier. Needless to say, this simple building took a beating from the weather over the years, so by the turn of the 20th century it was enhanced with the addition of a gas light atop a more robust, steel tower. In 1907 the present lighthouse was built and equipped with a fog signal, since the light on the steel tower was not visible during heavy fog. The current structure did not receive a light until 1932 when the lighted steel tower was removed and an automated electric light was added to the main building.”
- SHARE A MYSTERY PHOTO: If you have a photo that you believe will stump readers, send it along (but make sure to tell us what it is because it may stump us too!) Send to: ebrack2@gmail.com and mark it as a photo submission. Thanks.
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