Assistant Keepers Quarters

• Mill dimensionally-appropriate wood for parlor floor & molding repairs – complete
• Complete floor & molding repair, begun in 2024 -done
• Recreate missing pantry cabinet drawer -done
• Clear moss from roof – complete
• Investigate tuckpointing chimneys, a source of prior roof leaks and a prerequisite for eventual re-roofing

1867 Lighthouse

• Prep & paint front portion of first floor, including bathroom – complete
• Repair/replace soffits – completed
• Secure loose tower shutter – complete
• Replace broken tower window pane – complete
• Repaint exterior window trim – complete
• Repaint basement entry doors – complete
• Continue lantern room restoration, inserting Lexan panels – panels installed
• Develop plans for rooftop vent ball replacement
• Address roof leak associated with bathroom vent pipe
• Perform plaster repairs

Workshop

• Repair storm damage to rear entry – complete
• Replace rotten flooring & subfloor – complete
• Replace cracked front soffit – complete

Skeletal Tower

• Restore entry and parapet door latch mechanisms

Oil House

• Paint roof & door – complete

Fog Signal

• Address roof leaks around stacks

Boathouse

• Selectively replace siding – deferred to 2026
• Assess double doors damaged from rocks & high water

Grounds

• Clear trees and branches from winter storm damage – ongoing
• Edge sidewalks – ongoing
• Remove aging trees endangering various structures
• Repaint shed – complete

And more TBD. Is there something you and/or a team of friends can help with? Some projects require skilled labor: plaster repair, carpentry projects such as designing and fabricating improved second-story window covers for the Assistant Keepers, window & door repair, roof repairs, installing replacement metal siding on the Fog Signal, constructing replacement metal parts, masonry repair…. Other projects include: scraping & painting, taking up old flooring, cleaning eavestroughs, cleaning buildings (window washing, vacuuming), continued grounds clearing…..

We’re an all-volunteer organization and depend on folks stepping forward!