Old Presque Isle Light, on Michigan’s Presque Isle peninsula east of Grand Lake, was the first lighthouse built for the area. Completed in 1840 after a congressional appropriation two years earlier, it was constructed of roughly two-thirds stone and one-third brick. Severe local weather caused the station to deteriorate, and by 1867 Congress authorized a replacement. The new lighthouse was built about 2 miles farther north and rose 113 feet, making it much taller and more visible offshore. The old light is no longer operational and now serves as a museum, noted both for its historic status and for local ghost stories tied to former caretaker George Parris.