2021 Restoration Activities
Assistant Keepers Quarters
- Rear entry door scraped and painted
- Plaster stabilization begun in west apartment pantry, a continuation of an ongoing project to stabilize plaster
- Hardware replaced on key interior doors
- Missing spindles were recreated and replaced in the staircase railings
- Three windows glazed and painted
- Ten additional removable window covers constructed and installed
- Custom screens made to replace solid attic access covers to improve ventilation
1867 Lighthouse
- Contractors painted soffits, facia boards, the underside of the lantern room and whitewashed the tower
- Most exterior walls were tuckpointed, with remaining work to be completed in 2022
- Two additional pair of permanent shutters installed
- Eaves troughs cleaned
- Front door painted green
- Restored screen door was installed on lean to
- Spiral stairs and railing painted
- One of four basement windows restored and a custom screen built
- Frame around front door hardened up with emphasis around lock area
- Drainage improvements made behind the building; steps and masonry repaired
- Prototype installation of temporary Lexan panels in lantern room plywood improved light and visibility
- Painted lantern room plywood panels
- Kitchen and front bedroom lead remediated
- Rear lean to step was modified to address a safety issue
Skeletal Tower
- Entrance painted
- Stairway metal window stops removed with welding equipment
- Stairway window sash restoration begun and will continue over the winter
Boathouse
- Scraped and primed
- Doors fortified in an attempt to prevent further damage from high water and stone
- Stone partially removed around doors to allow access to the building
Workshop
- Door frame and threshold painted
- Historic front screen door restored and re-installed
Fog Signal
- Supply room window restored
- Front door primed & painted with glazing repaired
- Door to cupola repaired with missing hardware replaced
Oil House
- Touched up exterior paint
Maintenance Barn
- Structure was “hardened up” with additional nails and lumber
- Caulked and repainted
Grounds/Misc
- Clearing was done around Fog Signal, behind the Assistant Keepers Quarters and the hillside below the 1867 Lighthouse
- Mowing became easier with the donation of a riding mower
- The one remaining light post was painted and stabilized
- Outhouse was clear-coated as was the newest picnic table