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Nantucket Preservation Trust

11 Centre Street
PO Box 158
Nantucket, MA 02554
508-228-1387
info@nantucketpreservation.org

Our Mission is to preserve Nantucket’s unique architectural heritage for present and future generations.

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Merry & Bright! Hope you are having a great weekend. If you’re on island for Stroll, be sure to look up at the historic houses you pass by—many have our markers in them, a short glimpse into their history. Markers make a great gift! Email info@nantucketpreservation.org for more information.

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Thanks to the @townofnantucket DPW for putting up all the trees around down town. These 🎄 make Nantucket’s cobblestone Main Street even more magical! Will you be here this Stroll weekend?

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Do a little Holiday shopping and support Nantucket Preservation Trust with a gift membership! 🎁 🏠 link in bio for easy online giving. One more thing to check off your list. ✅

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Houses starting to get dressed up for stroll... 🌲

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Happy Thanksgiving! Hope you can spend today with family and friends. We are thankful for all our friends and members, and all your support this year.

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An exceptional day for a stroll down Old North Wharf. We are thankful for everyone who supported us this year, by attending our programs, events, by becoming members, and by reading and sharing our posts. Thanks for making our work possible.

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Since 1933, the National Park Service, the Library of Congress, and the private sector have recorded America’s built environment in a project called the Historic American Building Survey (HABS). HABS records consist of more than 581,000 measured drawings, photographs, and written histories for more than 43,000 historic structures. You can view many of these records online at the Library of Congress. (loc.gov/pictures/collection/hh and search “Nantucket” or whatever town you like!)

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The Surfside lifesaving station was built in 1874 by Charles H. Robinson. Crews rescued many sailors from Nantucket’s dangerous shoals.
In 1902, the schooner Flyaway wrecked on the Old Man shoal. When Captain Clisby and the crew of the Surfside lifesaving station reached the wreck, it was not just sailors they rescued, but a cat that had lived on the schooner most of its life. The cat was taken into a lifeboat and safely landed and cared for with the crew. 🐈 ⭐️ 🌊 Now called the Star of the Sea, the building has been a hostel since the 1960s.

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Here is a handful of early houses from around the downtown historic core. Recognize any of them?

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Scallop Shanty | Commercial scalloping season opened at the start of this month. Many of the cottages on Old North Wharf began their lives as scallop shanties or fish houses. This one still is a working scallop shanty.

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