Preservation of East Channel Lighthouse, MI

We’re setting sail for the Grand Island National Recreation Area and we want you to join us!

PROJECT PARTNER: Hiawatha National Forest

SESSION DATES: September 6-11, September 13-18, and September 20-25

CAPACITY PER SESSION: 6 Volunteers (No Kitchen Helper)

PROJECT SUPERVISOR: Reid Saunders!

ASSISTANT PROJECT SUPERVISOR: Phillip Enright and Colby Baker-Thayer!

CREW LEADER: Emily Dietrich!

SCOPE OF WORK: 

HistoriCorps is committed to educating and training volunteers in preservation skills, with an overarching mission of inspiring a preservation ethic in all those involved. Learning and working alongside expert HistoriCorps field staff and other volunteers while applying the traditional skills necessary to restore the East Channel Lighthouse, you will assist to:

• Conduct masonry tasks and execute stone rebuild as needed.
• Rehabilitate wood sash windows and screens for all elevations to enhance the building’s facade.
• Revitalize the lighthouse interior by removing failing paint and paper from the upstairs walls.
• Repair damaged or missing upstairs plaster as needed.
• Prime and paint upstairs walls.

Please note: Tasks vary by day and by week, depending on a variety of factors including: weather, project priorities, previous groups’ work, and more. Though it is likely you will get to learn and practice most or all of the above tasks, it is not guaranteed. The higher percentage of the scope a particular task is, the more likely you will get to practice it.

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