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5 Fair Street

By Novation / October 8, 2015

Jared Gardner
c. 1800

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73 Main Street

By Novation / September 15, 2015

Eliza Starbuck Barney
1873

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43 India Street

By Novation / September 15, 2015

Maltiah Nye
1805

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28 Liberty Street

By Novation / September 15, 2015

Josiah Gardner
c. 1775

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35 India Street

By Novation / September 15, 2015

George Lawrence
c. 1786

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15 India Street

By Novation / September 15, 2015

William Stubbs
c. 1800

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22 Hussey Street

By Novation / September 15, 2015

William M. Andrews
1834

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7 Eagle Lane

By Novation / September 14, 2015

Nathaniel Atwood
c. 1812

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8 Ash Street

By Novation / September 9, 2015

Benjamin Barney
1765

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We're excited to welcome award-winning interior de

We're excited to welcome award-winning interior designer Marshall Watson to Nantucket for our 2025 Summer Lecture & Luncheon on Tuesday, July 22! Marshall will present "Defining Elegance through the Classic Worlds of Interior Design, Architecture, and Gardening," followed by a delicious three course luncheon at the Ballroom at the White Elephant Village.

Click the link in bio for full event information and to purchase tickets!

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.

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