Your trip through time at the Eagle Bluff Lighthouse inside Peninsula State Park will soon feature a structure you have not seen in nearly 70 years. Last week, Governor Tony Evers and the State Building Commission announced nearly $50 million in community projects, including $500,000 to the Door County Historical Society for the Eagle Bluff Lighthouse Barn reconstruction. After being built in 1893, the barn was rebuilt and relocated several times before being taken down for good in 1955. While the barn will not be used for its original purpose of housing animals for the lighthouse's keeper, Door County Historical Society Executive Director Amy Frank is thrilled to see the support they are receiving for the goals they have for the historic site.

The funding is just the latest win for the Door County Historical Society, which has raised more than $3.2 million to reimagine the site. In August, the organization received $50,000 from Destination Door County's Community Investment Fund to help reconstruct the barn and the summer kitchen.