Assistant Keepers Quarters

• Develop drawings and plans for porch reconstruction – Preliminary drawings submitted to DNR
• Begin “on island” project preparation
• Determine whether downspouts or underground water handling will need to be modified
• Evaluate doors and windows to be restored in conjunction with porch project
• Recreate missing kitchen drawer
• Repair floor joists supporting east parlor – joists reinforced in July; surrounding flooring to be rebuilt in 2024
• Prime & paint east parlor
• Install vents in additional seasonal window covers
• Develop prototype window covers suitable for second story windows and install bedroom sash that had been restored in 2021
• Evaluate options to remove asbestos from basement pipes and tank coverings
• Gutters cleaned – June

1867 Lighthouse

• Restore lantern room frames and hardware and install temporary lexan panels – 5 panels installed in July
• Document requirements for glass replacement
• Develop next steps for lantern room metal restoration, including roof repair & ventilators
• Recreate and install missing tower cupboard door – completed in July
• Continue lead remediation and painting – entry hall walls scraped and primed
• Replace rotted soffit on lighthouse rear
• Install cedar tongue and groove in basement entry
• Repair rotted basement window frame – completed in July
• Scrape, paint and caulk basement window frames & screens
• Install flashing around leaking vent pipe
• Paint front screen door – green surfaces refreshed, replacement trim remains unpainted
• Replace broken window pane in upstairs bunk room
• Develop plans for plaster repairs to ceilings and upstairs “office”

Skeletal Tower

• Restore entry and parapet door latch mechanisms

Boathouse

• Caulk/touch up doors and paint where brace was removed
• Relocate spare brick to the 1867 lighthouse basement
• Clear area of other extraneous material in preparation for incoming porch lumber

Workshop

• Repair entrance sidewalk – completed in June
• Repair floor
• Install moss guards – June

Fog Signal

• Organize “shop” area for future project work
• Clean windows; note glazing needs
• Replace broken window pane using glass cut in 2021
• Resolve leaks around chimneys

Oil House

• Scrape, prime & paint exterior masonry – complete
• Excavate and apply Drylock to below grade masonry to reduce wicking
• Paint roof

Grounds & More

• Perform grounds maintenance and brush clearing – ongoing
• Edge sidewalks and remove moss to minimize standing water & freeze/thaw damage – ongoing
• Perform periodic outhouse move and add vent – move completed in June with vent installed in early July
• Implement water system enhancements – current phase complete
• Clear gravesite – performed in early June
• Build steps to gravesite above existing concrete steps
• Replace worn boards on picnic tables & apply clearcoat

Prior restoration is documented by year below, else view the 2012-17 summary, the significant 2018 season, and the 2019-2023 summary via the highlighted links.