Assistant Keeper’s

• Continue lead remediation in downstairs east apartment (parlor ceiling, kitchen, pantry, bath, closets) – teams have made progress on the kitchen, hall and bedroom so far this season
• Wash windows in volunteer apartment – complete
• Build removable winter covers for basement stairway window and west apartment south kitchen window – complete
• Clean, glaze, paint & caulk windows in east apartment basement stairway, north kitchen window & bath – partial
• Strip interior doors & woodwork in east first story apartment
• Investigate using threaded inserts with truss screws to secure seasonal security covers on exterior doors
• Replace missing interior door hardware and repair/rebuild damaged ones
• Tighten door frames & hinges to allow doors to close properly
• Remove rusted nails used to secure front exterior doors
• Replace broken window in west apartment front entry door
• Scrape, paint & caulk front doors
• Inventory original screens; investigate repurposing as “storms” with Lexan or vinyl
• Assess condition of screens for front entry doors for potential future restoration
• Restore second story east apartment windows – deferred
• Clear moss from roof and treat with moss-preventor
• Investigate tuckpointing chimneys, a source of prior roof leaks and a prerequisite for eventual re-roofing – deferred

1867 Lighthouse

• Annual cleaning/window washing – complete
• Complete the removal of kitchen & bath floor file – work begun by Team 5
• Repaint upstairs bedroom
• Repair plaster — keepers bedroom, bath and office are priority areas – deferred
• Lantern room: replicate bronze vent covers – parts cast, installation deferred
• Lantern room: Install replacement sheet metal, vent bases and covers – deferred
• Lantern room: Acquire/fabricate rooftop vent ball and install – deferred
• Address roof leak associated with bathroom vent pipe – deferred

Workshop / Summer Kitchen

• Paint floor
• Repair ceiling
• Annual deep clean/organization – completed

Skeletal Tower

• Restore entry and parapet door latch mechanisms – deferred
• Remove deck plate with prisms to be used as sample to recreate missing items

Oil House

• Clean, paint and organize interior – completed

Fog Signal

• Address roof leaks around stacks – deferred
• Glaze 1st floor windows  – deferred
• Replace/glaze broken pane – deferred
• Paint 1st floor exterior window frames – deferred
• Clean cupola room and develop plan to restoration – deferred
• Clean supply room and evaluate need to paint – deferred

Boathouse

• Remove damaged siding on west side, retaining salvageable wood for reuse
• Replace siding (boards & battens) on west side
• Perform foundation repairs
• Repair damaged wood on double doors

Grounds

• Remove aging trees endangering various structures (needs DNR approval/plan)
• Build “lean to” on maintenance shed to provide additional summer storage – work begun by Team 5
• Picnic table repair
• Maintain trails and landscape – west beach trail improved; more areas cleared below LH

Other projects TBD. If you have specialized skills or interests, please let us know.