2017 Restoration Activities

  • 1867 Lighthouse
    • Installed tongue and groove in the “lean to”
    • Installed interior “lean to” doors
    • Framed south “lean to” window and installed restored sash
    • Stained walls
    • Assembled and installed bunk bed
    • Scraped kitchen ceiling & walls
    • Primed kitchen ceiling
    • Primed & painted door and trim between kitchen & “lean to”
    • Scraped & painted upstairs bedroom
    • Dug out 1867 basement entry and built a solid deck over it
    • Restored period-appropriate table for use in the parlor
    • Installed additional shutter-style window coverings
    • Front door and trim was recreated (currently awaiting transport)
    • Established visitor welcome table
  • Assistant Keeper’s
    • Prepped and primed bedroom
    • Assembled and installed bunk bed
    • Recreated missing portico support; installed and painted entry
    • Installed sash that had been restored over the winter; continued restoration of additional windows
    • Cleared roof of moss
    • Cleaned out and repaired eaves and downspouts
    • Created and installed shutter-style window coverings over restored windows
  • Skeletal Tower
    • Replaced missing Skeletal Light Tower window, enclosing the tower for the first time since the first windows were vandalized over forty years ago
    • Began restoration on salvaged sash from the tower stairwell
    • Cleared brush under tower
  • Fog Signal
    • Glazed several windows
    • Created and installed temporary window to replace existing plywood
  • Oil House
    • Repaired and painted roof
    • Touched up paint around foundation
  • Constructed and installed outhouse
  • Recreated missing post, re-establishing clothes line