Located immediately west of the 1867 lighthouse, is the two-story, three-apartment red brick Keepers Quarters built in 1910. It replaced an earlier wood 1890’s era structure used to house Assistant Keepers added to maintain the fog signal. After 1913, the Lighthouse Service ceased building multiplexes in favor of single-family homes that provided more privacy.

The building measures 26 feet by 61 feet and sits on a full basement. It is a masonry and wood frame building, with poured concrete foundation walls, and wood frame floors and roof. The roof material is cement and asbestos tile.

Most window and door openings have limestone lintels, but some have arched tops with a three-course brick lintel. Many of the upper window sashes have side rails that extend past the bottom rail with a multi-curved feature. Two small attic quarter-circle windows grace the east face of the building.

The largest of the three apartments is at the west end of the building. This two-story, three-bedroom apartment has a kitchen, walk-in pantry, parlor, and bath. This half of the building was usually reserved for the keeper and his family. The other half of the building held two one-bedroom apartments, one on each floor, each with a kitchen, parlor, and bathroom. The bathrooms and kitchen were served by indoor plumbing, unusual for this time period in Leelanau County. The interior exhibits fine woodworking, with five-panel doors, stairways with turned spindles and finials, and wide moldings throughout. The original woodwork is mostly exposed in the larger apartment, though it is partially painted elsewhere.

The building is in very good condition for its age, although the porches and balcony originally on the south side are no longer present. This short video highlights some of its features.