OUR GOAL: To restore, renovate, preserve and operate structures that are part of our heritage and our nation’s treasures: lighthouses!
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Good News Lighthouse Lovers! We got the deed and bottomlands easement! I'm picking up the key from the USCG and we will begin the restoration project this summer. Progress is contigent upon the success of our fundraisers and the skill of our volunteers. 4/23/2009
We hope to have some visitors for the tower climb 7/4/2009! We will be partially open for the National Lighthouse Day 8/7/2009. September 26, 2009 we will be open for the sixth day of the Long Island Lighthouse Tour! Go to www.uslhs.org FMI Come on out!
Call Matt at Port Washington Water Taxi (www.portwatertaxi.com) to visit the island!
About us:
We are currently trying to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for restoration and reconstruction of the facility for the public to enjoy the lightstation! Our 501c3 status allows your contribution to be tax deductible. Please check with your tax or investment adviser! You may mail a check written to "Historically Significant Structures Inc." to our corporate office at 201 S. 18th St., #1418, Phila., Pa. 19103 to recieve a tax receipt letter in the mail. Thank you!
Historically Significant Structures, Inc is a federal and state non-profit organization approved by the federal government as a 501 ( c ) 3 to accept charitable donations.
CORPORATE MISSION: To obtain historic lighthouse properties available to nonprofit organizations through the National Historic Preservation Act of 2000.(NHLPA) P.L.. 106-355.
Our Board members reflect persons from all walks of life including a restaurateur, a caterer, an attorney, a newspaper publisher, an insurance agent and a musician. All have at least one thing in common: a passion for the preservation of lighthouses.
OUR OFFICERS:
President: Craig W. Morrison
Vice-President David Heeke
Treasurer: Linell M. Lukesh
Lighthouse LinksThe American Lighthouse Foundation
http://www.lighthousefoundation.org The Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association http://www.gllka.com The National Park Service Maritime Heritage Program http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/ltaccess.html The United States Coast Guard http://www.uscg.mil/USCG.shtm The United States Lighthouse Society http://www.uslhs.org The World Lighthouse Society http://www.worldlighthouses.org
The Lighthouse Digest http://www.lighthousedigest.net
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Execution Rocks Lightstation, Long Island, NY
