Sherwood Point Lighthouse Garden & Ass't. Keepers House

Photograph

Door County Museum and Archives

Name/Title

Sherwood Point Lighthouse Garden & Ass't. Keepers House

Entry/Object ID

2002.03.0005

Description

The assistant keepers house and the garden at Sherwood Point Lighthouse in the early 1930's. The Schopfs lived in this house while serving as assistant light house keeper. Harold Schopf, nephew of Eunice Schopf (wife of the assistant lighthouse keeper at the time), reports that his aunt continually tried to grow peanuts in the Sherwood Point Lighthouse gardens, but they never amounted to anything because the soil was too shallow.

Collection

Door County Archives Photo Collection

Cataloged By

Sally Treichel

Acquisition

Accession

2002.03

Source or Donor

Orv Schopf

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Place

Location

Sherwood Point/Sturgeon Bay/Door/WI

Notes

Date: early 1930's

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Lighthouses, Sturgeon Bay, Sherwood Point Lighthouse, Gardens

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

02.0005

Dimensions

Height

5 in

Width

7 in

Location

Building

Office/Photo File

Date

September 26, 2025

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

General Notes

Note

Notes: This is a computer generated print, copied from the original snapshots owned by the family of Alfred and Eunice Schopf. Alfred Schopf was an assistant lighthouse keeper at Sherwood Point Lighthouse in the early 1930's. Status: OK

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

February 19, 2002

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

September 9, 2026