Guest Blogger: Dianne Rozak, Marblehead Lighthouse State Park Naturalist
Just a few miles from Lakeside, an iconic structure greets mariners passing through the Western Basin of Lake Erie.
Built in 1821, the Marblehead Lighthouse stands as the oldest lighthouse in continuous operation on all of the Great Lakes.
Set on the rocky limestone shore, this beacon, and its adjacent keeper’s house, became an Ohio State Park in 1998.
A total of 15 keepers have tended the light. The tower’s history boasts the first female lighthouse keeper in the U.S.