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Beaver Island Historical Society advances Beaver Head Lighthouse preservation planning, 2021

Also Beaver Head Lighthouse capital plan 2021 · Beaver Head Lighthouse preservation field school campaign

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TypeEvent
Dates2021-11-10 – 2021-11-29
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Dates
2021-11-10 – 2021-11-29
Kind
Preservation campaign
Where
Beaver Island Light Station
Carried out by
Beaver Island Historical Society
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
museums-preservation-and-public-memoryheritagecommunitygovernance
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

In November 2021, the Beaver Island Historical Society mobilized support for a Charlevoix County discussion of the Beaver Head Lighthouse property and began fundraising for an Eastern Michigan University Historic Preservation Graduate Field School planned for summer 2022. The Society described the field school as an assessment and hands-on preservation effort conducted with Charlevoix County and Networks Northwest, with possible future public access including a keeper’s-house museum.

Evidence limits

These are Historical Society advocacy and fundraising notices. They establish the proposed planning and preservation campaign, not county approval, completed restoration, field-school completion, funding totals, or a final museum decision.

Sources

  1. The Historical Society called for public comments before the November 10 Charlevoix County discussion of the former Lighthouse School and surrounding property. It is an advocacy notice and does not establish the county’s subsequent decision.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 16 · t016857
  2. Historical Society notice asks supporters to attend the Charlevoix County Commissioners Committee of the Whole discussion of the lighthouse property on November 10, 2021.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 16 · t016854
  3. Historical Society fundraising notice says it was collaborating with Charlevoix County and Networks Northwest to bring an Eastern Michigan University Historic Preservation Graduate Field School to the lighthouse in summer 2022; it describes assessment, preservation, restoration, and possible future public access.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 16 · t016909

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Historical Society advances Beaver Head Lighthouse preservation planning, 2021”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-head-lighthouse-preservation-field-school-campaign-2021/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Historical Society, “URGENT CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT,” Beaver Island Forum, November 5–8, 2021. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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