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Built in 1917 by the Army Corps of Engineers, the sturdy, three-story Lorain Lighthouse boasts concrete-and-steel walls 10 inches thick. The lantern room rises 51 feet above Lake Erie.
It’s lighthouse season in the port of Lorain. The Lorain Lighthouse sold out its first day of four tours on July 3 and berths were going quickly for the next round of visits on July 11. &#822… ...
LORAIN — The Jewel of the Port of Lorain will get some home improvements this year. New windows, paint, cabinetry and a display case for the lighthouse lens all are in the works this summer. … ...
LORAIN, OH (WOIO) - Hundreds of thousands of dollars and thousands of volunteer man hours have gone into restoring the Lorain Lighthouse on Lake Erie. In 1965 the lighthouse was slated for demolition.
The ‘Jewel of the Port’ -- Lorain's lighthouse -- is turning 100 years old this week. An historical marker will be unveiled Friday at 11 a.m. near the mile-long pier to honor the occasion. The ...
The Lorain Harbor Lighthouse won the ‘Best Lighthouse on Lake Erie’ contest held by Lake Erie Living Magazine, said Frank Sipkovsky chairman of the Lorain Lighthouse Board of Trustees ...
LORAIN, Ohio (AP) - When he was 5 years old, Matt Dempsey first saw the Lorain Lighthouse from afar and wondered about what it looked like inside. Dempsey, now 33, said during a recent tour for ...
The Lorain Lighthouse was bestowed some early Christmas presents this year in the form of a $25,000 donation for a new mechanical lift and an addition to the endowment fund.Local natives Patrick ...
The project will repair 1,000 linear feet of the 2,812-foot-long breakwater, from Lorain’s historic harbor lighthouse inwards toward the shoreline.