Grosse Point Light - Illinois

By 1870, the city of Chicago received more than a thousand vessels a month. Congress appropriated $35,000 in March, 1871, and an additional $15,000 in March, 1873 for the construction of a Second Order coastal light at Grosse Point. The light station included a conical brick tower, 90 feet tall, an adjoining duplex keeper's dwelling, and two brick fog signal buildings added in 1880.