Ramblings now available!
The 2023 edition of Ramblings is now available to read online. Learn about ongoing preservation projects, properties that are Lost, Threatened, and Saved, our Easement program, ongoing survey work of …
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Ramblings 2022 is here!
The 2022 edition of Ramblings is now available! Click here to read the full digital edition, or pick up a physical copy from our office at 11 Centre Street, at …
New Flooding Adaptation & Building Elevation Design Guidelines Adapted
On June 11, the Historic District Commission voted to adopt new guidelines for building adaptation, Resilient Nantucket: Flooding Adaptation & Building Elevation Design Guidelines. In the following article, originally published in Ramblings, Lisa …
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North Liberty Street’s Threatened Streetscape
Friday, January 8 at 10 AM the Historic District Commission will hold a special meeting to hear a proposal to renovate and relocate on its lot the home at 27 …
Housing Nantucket’s House Recycling Program
On Nantucket, preservation and affordable housing go hand in hand. Since 1994, Housing Nantucket has worked to “recycle” houses slated for demolition by moving them to new locations and renting …
Mary Helen and Michael Fabacher Scholarship Recipient & NBSS Graduate Hollis Webb
“I get excited when I see a timber frame house on Nantucket,” Hollis Webb says, “What do I have to do to get other people excited about them, too?” A …
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Friday Find: Is it a Church or a Home?
A passerby of 119 Nagel Street, Harrisburg PA, especially on a Sunday may expect to see church goers exiting or entering the building. Today the chances of this are very …
Ramblings: Insulation Tips
The excerpt below is from the 2014 Ramblings issue and features general rules for insulation. We are currently in the process of creating a resource guide focusing on issues prevalent …
Greek Revival Architecture
Much of Nantucket’s historic architecture is distinctly Greek Revival—a style that dominated the island during the whaling heydays of the 1830s to the Civil War. The reason is twofold. …
A Brief History of Marine Home Center
The land on which Marine Home Center is located was originally part of the West Monomoy subdivision laid out by the proprietors in 1726. Although at the edge of the …
Did you know?
View of ‘Sconset, by Rev. L. W. Bostwick, 1879 That ’Sconset was among the first summer resorts in the nation? Established as a fishing station in the late 1700s, its …