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Beaver Island Light Station receives a $150,000 Save America’s Treasures grant

Also Beaver Island Lighthouse Save America's Treasures grant 2002

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TypeEvent
Date2002-11
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
2002-11
Kind
Award
Where
Beaver Island Light Station
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Beaver Island Light Station received a reported $150,000 “Save America’s Treasures” grant administered through the National Park Service and National Endowment for the Arts. John Freeman said the award brought restoration and architectural funding to about $500,000 and would support restoration and fire suppression work.

Evidence limits

The report is the project’s newspaper announcement; it does not include the grant agreement, expenditure record, or a completion report.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, November 2002, “Lighthouse Grant.”
    Announces a $150,000 Save America’s Treasures grant and reports approximately $500,000 in restoration work and architectural funding, including earlier state and DEQ grants. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2002-11_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the grant report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2002-11_Beaver-Beacon

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Light Station receives a $150,000 Save America’s Treasures grant”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-light-station-save-americas-treasures-grant-2002/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 2002, “Lighthouse Grant.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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