City of Kewaunee, 401 Fifth Street, Kewaunee, WI 54216 920-388-5000   info@cityofkewaunee.org covered. A pitch roof oriented east-west connects the second story's eastern and western cross gables. It is pierced with a gablet on both the north and south sides. These gablets hold a single rectangular window each.  The fog signal building's roof is comprised of red three tab asphalt shingles. A rectangular cover at the northwest corner shields an opening where a brick chimney stood in the past. The lighthouse's rectangular light tower rises from the eastern cross gable. It is one story tall and painted white. The eastern side is clad with corrugated sheet metal. The north, south and west sides are pierced with a single rectangular window each that is approximately 2 feet wide by 2 feet tall. The east side has two, side-by-side similar rectangular openings of which one is covered. The lighthouse's lantern atop the tower is surrounded by a rectangular open--air gallery 12 feet long by 12 feet wide. A two-tier railing approximately 3 feet tall made of steel pipe surrounds the gallery. A modern automated fog signal and a fog detector are attached to the gallery deck on the east side. The lighthouse's octagonal lantern was originally mounted atop a light tower built in 1891 at the head of the south pier. It was relocated to its present position atop the Kewaunee Pierhead Lighthouse in 1931. This lantern has a cast iron octagonal parapet wall approximately 3 feet tall. Its glazing consists of eight rectangular lexan panes approximately 3 feet tall held by vertical mullions. The lantern roof springs from a soffit above the glazing. It is made with eight triangular cast iron plates that rise to an apex surmounted by a vent ball and lightning rod. The lantern roof is painted red. The lighthouse is entered through a double-door at the first story's western end. The first story is occupied by a single room 12 feet, 8 inches wide by 38 feet long. The floor is the flat top of the concrete foundation. There are two access openings to two fuel oil storage tanks beneath the floor inside the foundation.  These tanks have been emptied and decommission from any further use.  The white painted concrete ceiling is approximately 13 feet above the floor.  The room's walls are lined with brick between exposed steel beams supporting the ceiling. It appears that at one time there may have been a white painted plaster on these walls.  Electrical panels are affixed to the walls. They control the commercial power brought to the lighthouse by cable from shore along the south pier. The north and south walls are each pierced with five wood-framed single-light windows hinged at the side. Three of these on both the north and south walls are covered on the outer side by the metal plates cladding the first story's exterior.  One window opening on the south wall holds a vent. The first story room was formerly equipped with machinery that operated the fog signal. There is a metal stairway in the first story room's southwest corner leading up to the second story. Web Design software by Xara