Great Lakes Art Database

Belle Isle Lighthouse

Description
Creator
Styles, G.W., Artist
Item Type
Paintings
Description
This image shows the lighthouse on the eastern end of Belle Isle, likely in the 1930s. Most of the original 1882 Victorian architectural filigree is gone, as is the decorative iron fencing along the river. In 1930 the light was placed on a tall flagpole and automated, eliminating the need for longtime keeper Louis Fetes, who had raised his family in this house. By 1941 the structure was demolished to make room for the current U.S. Coast Guard station. This painting bears the signature “G. W. Styles," and was gifted to the museum in 2019 by Grant M. Hales, Jr., in Memory of Grant M. Hales and Eva S. Hales.
Date of Original
ca. 1930
Date Of Event
ca. 1930
Dimensions
Width: 28 in
Height: 24 in
Subject(s)
Lighthouses
Belle Isle Lighthouse
Local identifier
2019.133.001
Collection
Dossin Great Lakes Museum
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Detroit
    Michigan, United States
    Latitude: 42.3402570494576 Longitude: -82.9601231594086
  • Detroit River
    Michigan, United States
    Latitude: 42.3403399444425 Longitude: -82.9601143821716
Copyright Statement
Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
Contact
Detroit Historical Society
Email:jeremyd@detroithistorical.org
Website:
http://detroithistorical.org

Street/mail address:

Jeremy Dimick

Director of Collections & Curatorial

Detroit Historical Society

5401 Woodward Avenue

Detroit, MI USA 48202

P. 313.297.8391

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Belle Isle Lighthouse


This image shows the lighthouse on the eastern end of Belle Isle, likely in the 1930s. Most of the original 1882 Victorian architectural filigree is gone, as is the decorative iron fencing along the river. In 1930 the light was placed on a tall flagpole and automated, eliminating the need for longtime keeper Louis Fetes, who had raised his family in this house. By 1941 the structure was demolished to make room for the current U.S. Coast Guard station. This painting bears the signature “G. W. Styles," and was gifted to the museum in 2019 by Grant M. Hales, Jr., in Memory of Grant M. Hales and Eva S. Hales.