Historic Michigan Lighthouse!

Historic Michigan Lighthouse!

Historic Michigan Lighthouse!

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In St. Mary’s River, next to the freighter channel that connects the Great Lakes for shipping, is Round Island. It has seven acres of solitude, an 1892 lighthouse and the most charming, pristine lighthouse home one could wish for. Originally used to guide ships safely through close quarters in the dark of night, the lighthouse was finally abandoned after years of service but the lantern itself was relocated on the island and mounted on a steel frame. In the ensuing years the property fell to shambles.

One innovative couple, Charlevoix, Michigan businessman Paul Lindberg, and his wife Georgeann, discovered it while looking for a good duck hunting spot and fell in love with the location. They bought the island and went about the three-year task of restoring the property. Though the actual light had been removed in 1923 by the Coast Guard and relocated nearby, the original lantern room remains and the Lindbergs restored the tower in keeping with the original structure’s plans. From nothing more than a rundown shack attached to a lighthouse tower, the 2,000-square-foot home now has three bedrooms, two new bathrooms, an updated kitchen, a huge deck on two levels, lavish landscaping and professionally decorated. Power is supplied by a 24,000-volt-electric cable from the mainland.

The perfect island summer house where the kids can get their Robinson Crusoe on while mom and dad enjoy the parade of freighters passing by just several hundred yards from their deck. Priced at $2.4 million.

Source: www.pprmi.com