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The Kenosha History Center would like to thank all of the contractors, volunteers and consultants who assisted in the restoration and rehabilitation of the Southport Lighthouse Keeper's House.

The Southport Light Station Museum is open weekends through October 31, 2010. Click here for more information. Please also consider joining us for our next event, the Triple Dipper, Ice cream, Music and Fun, on Saturday August 7 in honor of National Lighthouse Day.


The Kenosha History Center is proud to announce our partnership with the Kenosha Public Library and the University of Wisconsin online collections in the digitization of the C.E. Dewey Lantern slide collection and Louis Thiers glass negative collection, housed in our archives. The digitized collections are now available by clicking on the photo.



The digitized collection photos are available for purchase through the Kenosha History Center. Please contact the Archivist at 262-654-5770, ext. 107 for more information.


Kenosha County Historical Society and Museum
The 1866-67 Southport Light Station and the 1917 Kenosha Water Utility pumping station (Kenosha History Center) together form the campus of Kenosha County Historical Society. The Kenosha History Center is the headquarters of Kenosha County Historical Society, a non-profit organization served by a volunteer Board of Directors and supported by memberships, Kenosha County government and private donations.







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