Split Rock Lighthouse from Architectural Digest by July Flower/shutterstock.com
Today's ArchiPic is the Split Rock Lighthouse in Two Harbors, Minnesota. It sits on top of a 130-foot cliff that drops into Lake Superior. Octagonal in its shape and an iconic figure, the lighthouse was designed by Ralph Russel Tinkham. Completed way back in 1910, this historic landmark offers a great view outward into the lake. Because of many shipwrecks around 1905, plans were made for a new lighthouse, and the Split Rock Lighthouse was the right one for the job. Though later in 1969, the lighthouse was shut down, but that decision proved to be a mistake.
"...it is relit each year on November 10 to commemorate the 29 crew members who lost their lives when the SS Edmund Fitzgerald freighter sank on [November 10] in 1975." - Architectural DigestSources:
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