{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox lighthouse | name = Neenah Light | image = Neenah Lighthouse.jpg | caption = Neenah Lighthouse | location = Neenah, Wisconsin | coordinates = {{coord|44|11|7.8|N|88|26|29|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | yearbuilt = 1945 | yearlit = 1945 | automated = | yeardeactivated = | foundation = | construction = | shape = | height = {{convert|49|ft}} | lens = | range = | characteristic = | module = {{Infobox NRHP|embed=yes | name = Kimberly Point Park Lighthouse | nrhp_type = | built = {{Start date|1945}} | builder = Flour Brothers Construction Company | architecture = Colonial Revival | added = February 5, 2013 | area = less than one acre | refnum = 12001275<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2013a}}</ref> }} }} The '''Neenah Light''' (also known as the '''Kimberly Point Lighthouse''') is located in Kimberly Point Park in Neenah, Wisconsin. The lighthouse marks the entrance of Lake Winnebago into the Lower Fox River.<ref name=LHF>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=575 |title=Neenah (Kimberly Point) Lighthouse, Wisconsin |author= |year=2015 |publisher=Lighthouse Friends |work=Lighthousefriends.com |accessdate=September 23, 2015 }}</ref>
==History== The City of Neenah began in 1835 as an agricultural and industrial mission for the Menominee Indians. It was named after the American Indian term for water. After the Civil War, rail transportation was a large factor in the growth of Neenah's local economy. One major outcome of this was the development of the Kimberly-Clark Corporation in 1872. John Alfred Kimberly was one of four men who started this successful company. In 1929, Helen Kimberly Stuart (daughter of J. A. Kimberly) donated some land to the City of Neenah. This land, which overlooked the confluence of Lake Winnebago and the Fox River, was named Kimberly Point Park. In 1944, J. C. Kimberly (son of J. A. Kimberly) realized there was a need for a light to mark the entrance to the river. He donated the $7,500 and hired Flour Brothers Construction Company of nearby Oshkosh for the construction of a {{convert|40|ft|adj=on}}, brick and Haydite block lighthouse. The lighthouse began guiding boaters into the Neenah Harbor in 1945. It was later raised to {{convert|49|ft}} in 1954.
In order to protect the site's historic character, the Neenah Landmarks Commission added Kimberly Point Lighthouse to the municipal Register of Historic Places in 2009. Three years later, the lighthouse was added to the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places, and in 2013 it was approved for the National Register of Historic Places.<ref name="nris"/>
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==Further reading== {{Refbegin}} * Havighurst, Walter (1943) ''The Long Ships Passing: The Story of the Great Lakes'', Macmillan Publishers. * Oleszewski, Wes, ''Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses'', (Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios, Inc., 1998) {{ISBN|0-932212-98-0}}. * {{cite web|url=http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/index.htm |author=Pepper, Terry|title=''Seeing the Light: Lighthouses on the western Great Lakes''}} * Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia, ''Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia'' Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) {{ISBN|1-55046-399-3}}. {{Refend}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Neenah Light}} *www.ci.neenah.wi.us/community/heritage.html *{{cite rowlett|wi}} *{{cite uscghist|WI}}
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Category:Lighthouses completed in 1945 Category:Lighthouses in Winnebago County, Wisconsin Category:Lighthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin Category:National Register of Historic Places in Winnebago County, Wisconsin