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Nantucket Preservation Trust’s mission is to protect, promote and preserve the island’s unique architectural heritage and sense of place.

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The Fanlight – NPT News

Potential House Move Round Up

June 3, 2025

Nantucket’s history of house moving goes back to the 1600s, and we at Nantucket Preservation Trust want to spotlight this longstanding sustainable practice. People seeking to demolish a building on […]

Fabacher Scholarship Awarded to Nicky Sheriff

December 3, 2024
Stroll Open House at Sherburne Hall

November 23, 2024

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

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Happy June! Nantucket Preservation Trust walking t

Happy June! Nantucket Preservation Trust walking tours start for the season this week and run until October 9. On our tours you might learn that the Italianate style house at 73 Main Street was built for genealogist, suffragist, and abolitionist Eliza Starbuck Barney (1802-89) in 1873, or hear about the history of the 'Sconset cottage shown in slide 2, which was owned by Eliza and her husband Nathaniel Barney (1792-1869) between 1832 and 1858.

Main Street tours are Tuesdays at 3 PM, and 'Sconset tours are Thursdays at 3 PM. Advance registration is required; visit the link in our bio for more information and to sign up for a tour!

It's opening day at the @hospitalthriftshop! The H

It's opening day at the @hospitalthriftshop! The Hospital Thrift Shop on India Street was originally constructed c. 1800 by Timothy Horsfield, a tin plate maker. In the late 19th century the home became a boarding house, and it's been owned by the Hospital Thrift Shop since 1945. The building's historical features are protected forever by a preservation easement held by NPT. Happy hunting, thrifters!

Join Nantucket Preservation Trust, @ackhistory and

Join Nantucket Preservation Trust, @ackhistory and @mariamitchellassociation for our special collaborative Four Centuries Walking tour this Saturday May 10! The tour meets at 10 AM at the Oldest House, 16 Sunset Hill and explores changes in domestic life over four centuries and how they shaped architecture, neighborhoods, and land use. Register for the tour at the link in bio 🔗

If you can't make this Saturday, the Four Centuries tour will also be offered on June 7, September 6, and October 4.

Hollis Webb and Kevin Green recently completed a f

Hollis Webb and Kevin Green recently completed a facade restoration at the former Star of the Sea youth hostel, originally constructed as the Surfside Life Saving Station in 1874. Their work included replicating decorative truss work which had deteriorated beyond repair. Both Hollis and Kevin are graduates of the North Bennet Street School's Preservation Carpentry program and received scholarships through Nantucket Preservation Trust's Mary Helen and Michal Fabacher Scholarship fund. You can read more about the restoration project from the @nantucketcurrent.

NPT accepts scholarship applications on a rolling basis—visit our website to learn more!

It's a beautiful day for a stroll down Union Stree

It's a beautiful day for a stroll down Union Street ☀️
Pictured here are two of the more than 20 Typical Nantucket style houses that can be found along Union, a higher concentration of the style, built between 1760 and 1830, than any other street on Nantucket!

44 Fair Street was constructed in 1859 by house ca

44 Fair Street was constructed in 1859 by house carpenter William B. Gardner, on land that was the original site of the Coffin School. Swipe to see an image of the house as it appeared back in Gardner's day, with elaborate Victorian-era decorative trim that was popular in the late-19th century, courtesy of @ackhistory.

House on the move! Yesterday we saw the first hous

House on the move! Yesterday we saw the first house move completed under Nantucket's updated demolition delay bylaw, which NPT successfully advocated to extend last fall at Nantucket's Special Town Meeting. Now, parties interested in moving a house slated for demolition have up to six months to complete a move, rather than only 60 days. We hope this change will see more homes moved and preserved, rather than demolished and sent to landfills.

Tonight's golden hour light on the Summer Street C

Tonight's golden hour light on the Summer Street Church, built c. 1840 by architect and builder Frederick Brown Coleman, who was also responsible for many of Nantucket's other notable Greek Revival style buildings, including 94 and 96 Main Street, just around the corner.

A snowy, sunny morning on Centre Street. ☀️ T

A snowy, sunny morning on Centre Street. ☀️

Though it's the quiet season on Nantucket, NPT staff remain hard at work researching historic properties, advocating for preservation, and preparing for the busy season ahead.

Thanks for following along and supporting historic

Thanks for following along and supporting historic preservation on Nantucket in 2024! 🎉 These were our most liked posts of the year.

Want to get more involved and join as an NPT member? Click the link in bio to make a fully tax-deductible membership gift and help us fulfill our mission to preserve, protect, and promote Nantucket's architectural heritage.

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