Celebrate Nantucket’s 50th Annual Stroll Weekend with an open house at the Nantucket Preservation Trust offices, 11 Centre Street, second floor, Friday, December 6th from 3-5 PM. Enjoy holiday treats […]
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Nantucket Preservation Trust members are invited to attend NPT’s Annual Meeting on Thursday, July 25, at 4 PM at Sherburne Hall, 11 Centre Street, second floor. Learn about NPT’s ongoing
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The shed at 7 North Gully Road was relocated earlier this week, to a new location within Codfish Park, in the below-the-bank portion of 7 Elbow Lane, allowing a more
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Today marks the 175th anniversary of Nantucket’s Great Fire. Around 11 pm on July 13, 1846, a fire broke out in William M. Geary’s hat shop on Main Street. Nantucket
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Noted modernist architect Hugh Newell Jacobson died last month at the age of 91. Jacobson and his Washington D.C-based firm, Jacobson Architecture, primarily worked in residential architecture, and completed a
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We are excited to announce that Nantucket Preservation Trust has been awarded a historic properties redevelopment planning grant from the 1772 Foundation to conduct a revolving fund feasibility study. With
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This International Women’s Day, we celebrate the accomplishments of the first woman to have her own architectural practice on Nantucket, Eliza Codd. Eliza Codd was born on Nantucket on February
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Smith’s Point, the far western end of Madaket over Millie’s Bridge across Hither Creek, feels like a remnant of a former Nantucket. Although it is unclear how the Point got
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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
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“Traders was not what I was looking for, but I stumbled upon it,” Ed Mills says of the Peleg Bunker house at 4 Traders Lane. Ed and his wife had
4 Traders Lane – Buying a Home with a Preservation Easement Read More »
Tucked away on the far eastern edge of Nantucket, Codfish Park is one of the island’s most interesting neighborhoods. Codfish Park did not actually exist until the late 19th Century.
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With the news that Governor Baker has extended Massachusetts’ stay at home order to May 18, you may be looking for more ways to fill your time. Luckily, May is
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