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Grand Marais Harbor of Refuge (Lightkeepers House Museum), Michigan
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Grand Marais Harbor of Refuge is located at the end of Coast Guard Point Road, Grand Marais, MichiganThe Harbor of Refuge house was built in 1908 by the U.S. Life Saving Service as the Lightkeeper's dwelling. It was constructed at a cost of $5,000, and is a duplicate to the station at the Munising Range Lights. U.S. Coast Guard families lived in the house until the station closed in 1981.In 1984, the U.S. Coast Guard transferred its Grand Marais property to the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. The Grand Marais Historical Society leases the building from the National Park Service, and operates the Lightkeepers House Museum.
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