Historical District Commission (HDC) appointed Executive Director, Michael May to the HDC Workgroup – a committee formed, as required by last year’s Town Meeting. The committee will review and […]
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Friday, November 22nd Nantucket High School construction-tech students, Mr. Colley (construction-tech teacher), Sheriff Perelman and Marisa Holden, Marketing Associate visited the North Bennet Street School. The school offers programs which
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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.
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Take a look at a few of our Preservation Photo Contest featured entries. The photos feature each participant’s representation of “preservation”. The contest will run now until Thanksgiving, November 28th.
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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
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 56 Centre Street is currently in the process of renovations taken on by ReMain Nantucket. Upon completion ReMain’s goal is to create a new home for the Nantucket Community
Cherry Cottage 1900 Cherry Cottage, a documentary directed by Dave Simonds was released at the 2013 Berkshire International Film Festival. It focuses on a cottage located in Stockbridge, Massachusetts built
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
The Fire Hose Cart House is located at 8 India Street and is the NPT’s most recent preservation easement.This is the last remaining cart house on the island, which was
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The long awaited update of the National Historic Landmark designation for Nantucket has been approved and signed by the Secretary of the Interior. Although the island has been recognized as
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The Nantucket Preservation Trust is pleased to welcome our 2013 Interns, Kelly Perkins and Kara Livintas. The NPT’s intern are students at The Preservation Institute Nantucket (PIN) field school, which
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The Nantucket Preservation Trust is pleased to announce the hiring of Marisa Holden as the marketing associate. Marisa is a born and raised Nantucket Native who graduated with a Public
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