- Date
- 2019-09-09
- Kind
- Preservation
- Where
- Beaver Island Light Station
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritagepreservationcommunityvolunteerism
- Within
- Beaver Island Light Station
Summary
On September 9, 2019, volunteers held a painting party at Beaver Island’s South End Lighthouse. A follow-up forum post shared photographs and thanked the participants for helping preserve the lighthouse.
Evidence limits
The forum establishes a volunteer preservation activity and a contemporaneous follow-up, but not the exact work completed, materials used, funding source, or the lighthouse’s full physical condition.
Sources
- The thread announced a September 22 painting/scraping party, canceled it after rain, and rescheduled it for the following Saturday. It documents weather-related scheduling and volunteer maintenance, not exact work completed.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 14 · t014686
- The initial notice invited volunteers to a September 9 painting party from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.; a follow-up posted photographs and thanked volunteers for preserving the lighthouse. The thread establishes the volunteer activity and reported completion, but does not document the work scope, paint materials, funding, or a professional condition assessment.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 14 · t014633
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Volunteers hold a painting party at the South End Lighthouse, 2019”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-south-end-lighthouse-painting-party-2019/, accessed [date], citing I’m Just The Messenger, “Painting Party,” Beaver Island Forum, September 18–26, 2019. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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