Nantucket’s Literary History Part 4
This is the last in our short series highlighting the homes and buildings that inspired a few Nantucket writers. What part of Nantucket inspires you? 5 Quaise Pastures Road: Frank …
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Nantucket’s Literary History Part 3
92 Hulbert Ave “The Bug-Lights”: Ernestine Gilbreth Carey & Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr. The twin lighthouses that dot the extension of Hulbert Ave are officially called the Nantucket Cliff …
Nantucket’s Literary History Part 2
In honor of Preservation Month & the upcoming Nantucket Book Festival, this week we’re taking a look at some of the architecture of Nantucket’s literary history. Our short series continues… …
Nantucket’s Literary History
Nantucket has been home to many novelists, poets, playwrights, and lovers of words over the years. It’s currently the year-round home to (at least) three New York Times bestselling writers, …
The Levi Starbuck House
We’re thrilled to add another house to our 2018 Nantucket Preservation Symposium. The Levi Starbuck house at 14 Orange Street (built 1837) was home to whale oil merchant Levi Starbuck …
A Vintage Picnic for the Vintage Car Parade
Need some inspiration for your Daffodil Festival tailgate picnic next week? You’re in luck! We’ve recently received a collection of vintage recipe cards, books, and clippings from the early 1900s …
The Nantucket Railroad and Surfside Hotel
On Nantucket, we think about transportation more than most. Will the boats run in this wind, or will they be canceled? Will the planes fly in this fog, or will …
Silk & Straw (& Spring) on Nantucket
Believe it or not, Spring is here. Well, at least according to the calendar. There are signs of life all over, and lots of work being done to get ready …
Women’s History & the Nantucket Atheneum
The grand Greek Revival building on the corner of India and Federal Streets is the Nantucket Atheneum, the island’s library. It has been home to a cadre of exceptional women, …
Women’s History Month | Phebe Ann Coffin Hanaford
Walk down nearly any lane in Nantucket, past nearly every home or public building and you are likely to stumble onto a site important to women’s history. This month, we’re …
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Mizpah | Boston-Higginbotham House
The residents of 27 York Street have always been ahead of their time. Seneca Boston, a weaver and formerly enslaved man, purchased land at 27 York Street in 1744—a full …
Black History on Nantucket: the African Meeting House
History has a way of hiding in plain sight. If you are a new visitor to Nantucket, it’s possible that you might not even notice the one-room building at …
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