Lighthouse Preservation Society

15.929 SAVE AMERICAS TREASURES OPPORTUNITY P24AS00545 SAVE AMERICAS TREASURES GRANTS FROM THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND PROVIDE PRESERVATION AND OR CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE TO NATIONALLY SIGNIFICANT HISTORIC PROPERTIES AND COLLECTIONS. GRANTS ARE AWARDED THROUGH A COMPETITIVE PROCESS AND REQUIRE A DOLLAR-FOR-DOLLAR, NON-FEDERAL MATCH, WHICH CAN BE CASH OR DOCUMENTED IN-KIND. THE GRANT PROGRAM IS ADMINISTERED BY THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (NPS) IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS (NEA), THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES (NEH), AND THE INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES (IMLS). BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE STATES, TRIBES, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. THIS PHYSICAL PRESERVATION PROJECT IS AWARDED TO THE DOOR COUNTY MARITIME MUSEUM LIGHTHOUSE PRESERVATION SOCIETY TO FUND ARCHIVAL STORAGE AND CONSERVATION OF THE HISTORIC DOOR COUNTY COLLECTIONS.

TURN POINT LIGHTSTATION RESTORATION, SPOKANE DISTRICT

THE DOOR COUNTY MARITIME MUSEUM WILL RESTORE THE HISTORIC TUGBOAT, JOHN PURVES. BUILT IN 1919, THE JOHN PURVES SERVED THE UNITED STATES MILITARY BOTH IN THE AFTERMATH OF WORLD WAR I AND DURING WORLD WAR II. FOR THE RESTORATION, THE TUGBOAT WILL BE DRY-DOCKED AND UNDERGO EXTENSIVE REPAIRS TO MITIGATE DAMAGES EFFECTING THE INTEGRITY OF THE HULL. STAFF WILL SUPERVISE THE STABILIZATION AND REPAIR WORK THAT WILL ADDRESS THE MATERIAL DETERIORATION TO THE STERN, HULL, AND ENGINE ROOM OF THE TUGBOAT. ONCE RESTORED, MUSEUM VISITORS WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE TUGBOAT FOR EXHIBITION AND RELATED PROGRAMMING.

ORWA TURN POINT LIGHTHOUSE RESTORATION PROJECT