Sand Point Light in Escanaba was built as iron ore shipping and railroad growth made a harbor light necessary on Lake Michigan’s Little Bay de Noc, where sand shoals threatened navigation. Approved in 1867 and first lit on May 13, 1868, the brick lighthouse had an attached tower, a fixed red light, and the unusual feature of facing inland. Its early history is closely linked to Mary Terry, who became one of the Great Lakes’ first female lightkeepers after her husband died before the light entered service; she served until her death in an unsolved 1886 fire. Deactivated in 1939, the altered building was later restored and reopened to the public.