FAIRPORT HARBOR, Ohio — It is a big summer for Fairport Harbor’s two historic lighthouses, which are both fixtures along the Lake County shoreline.

The original Fairport Harbor Lighthouse, which is now the Fairport Harbor Marine Museum, is celebrating 200 years with a party on Saturday, June 21 , from 7 to 10 p.m.

Meanwhile, its successor, Fairport Harbor West Breakwater Light, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this weekend and will commemorate the milestone with an open house on Saturday, June 7, from noon to 4 p.m. The community is invited to tour the lighthouse during the event.

Fairport Harbor West is privately owned by Sheila Consaul.

“It’s a fascinating place to be, literally in the middle of Lake Erie,” said Consaul.

She lives outside Washington, D.C., and purchased the li

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