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The Tidmores hire Dan McCafferty to restore and expand Father Vic’s historic Beaver Island home in 2002

Also Father Vic’s House rebuilt · Beaver Island Lumber Company house restoration

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TypeEvent
Date2002-10
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
2002-10
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Construction
Where
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Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

The Tidmores hired Dan McCafferty to restore and expand the house they inherited from Father Vic. The October 2002 notice identifies the structure as a former Beaver Island Lumber Company house associated with John Stevens and later the Bowery Gallaghers.

Evidence limits

The notice records a planned or ongoing construction project, not its completion or a full chain of ownership.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, October 2002, “Father Vic’s House Rebuilt.”
    Reports that the Tidmores hired Dan McCafferty to restore and expand the home inherited from Father Vic, identified as originally a Beaver Island Lumber Company house for John Stevens and later associated with the Bowery Gallaghers. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2002-10_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the house-rebuild report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2002-10_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “The Tidmores hire Dan McCafferty to restore and expand Father Vic’s historic Beaver Island home in 2002”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-father-vic-house-rebuild-2002/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 2002, “Father Vic’s House Rebuilt.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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