>> Click to enlarge << The Grays Reef Lighthouse has been closed up ... Photo by: Hilari Seery

This past July, long-time Lighthouse Digest subscriber, Hilari Seery had the opportunity to tour Michigan’s Grays Reef Lighthouse that sits offshore from St. Ignace in Lake Michigan, and she shared some of her photos with us. To complement a couple of her photos, we have added archival photos to show “then and now.” It will take an immense amount of work for its current private owner to restore.

>> Click to enlarge << The kitchen at Grays Reef Lighthouse as it ...

>> Click to enlarge << The kitchen at Grays Reef Lighthouse as it ... Photo by: Hilari Seery

>> Click to enlarge << Left, the lower deck at Grays Reef Lighthouse in ...

>> Click to enlarge << Right, the lower deck of Grays Reef Lighthouse as ... Photo by: Hilari Seery

>> Click to enlarge << An interior room at Grays Reef Lighthouse with a ... Photo by: Hilari Seery

>> Click to enlarge << Inside stairway and walls show deterioration and ... Photo by: Hilari Seery

>> Click to enlarge << This was once the shower and toilet area inside ... Photo by: Hilari Seery

>> Click to enlarge << Coast Guardsman Frank Harangozo changing the bulb ...

>> Click to enlarge << Inside the lantern of the Grays Reef Lighthouse ... Photo by: Hilari Seery

This story appeared in the Sep/Oct 2019 edition of Lighthouse Digest Magazine. The print edition contains more stories than our internet edition, and each story generally contains more photographs - often many more - in the print edition. For subscription information about the print edition, click here.

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