Nantucket Preservation Trust's Annual August Fete 2020: There's No Place Like Home

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THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME 15th Annual August Fête Thursday, August 6 7:00 p.m.

Virtual GuidedTours of Exceptional and Award-wining Historic Nantucket Properties

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WE ARE PLEASED TO SUPPORT NANTUCKET PRESERVATION TRUST

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THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME Thank you for supporting Nantucket Preservation Trust’s 2020 August Fête:

There’s No Place Like Home

This year’s featured properties are restoration role models and examples of excellent care and stewardship.

Sense of Place Exhibition & Silent Auction July 31 – August 9

A selection of carefully curated one-of-a-kind pieces by local artists and artisans, and experiences inspired by Nantucket’s unique sense of place.

Visit our Sense of Place Exhibition at 11 Centre Street by appointment. Bid online. https://www.nantucketpreservation.org/events/sense-of-place-exhibition-auction

WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR UNDERWRITERS

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Nantucket Preservation Trust

11 Centre Street • Post Office Box 158 • Nantucket, MA 02554 508-228-1387 www.nantucketpreservation.org Historic images courtesy of the Nantucket Historical Association Graphic Design by Kathleen Hay 5

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History THE HOUSES

85 Main Street | c. 1725 The Jabez Bunker-Prince Gardner House at 85 Main Street is a two-story, timber-frame house built in several stages beginning as early as 1725 by Jabez Bunker, who owned a large tract of land on Main Street, extending to ­present-day 95 Main. The building’s center-entry façade with end-wall ­chimneys is believed to date from major enlargements made by Prince ­Gardner around 1795, although many of the exterior’s Greek Revival style details date from the second quarter of the nineteenth century. The house’s scale, form and details mark it as an ambitious example of its period and of the several periods of alteration and enlargement by which it achieved its ­present form. Marie and John Sussek, Honorary Chairs of the 2020 ­August Fête, purchased the home in 1976. In 2003, they placed a preservation ­ ­ restriction on the home. The ­ easement, held by ­Nantucket ­Preservation Trust, protects the building’s e­xterior, and the footprints of the main house and ­garage. Many i­nterior elements on the first floor are also ­ protected, including all ­interior moldings, doors, t­ ransom lights, door ­surrounds, fireplace ­surrounds, windows and window sash, the staircase and balusters, newel post, and ­mortgage button.

Above: John and Marie Sussek, 2020 Opposite: Interior of 85 Main Street, 2020 7

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27 Main Street, Siasconset | 1848 Atlantic House, at 27 Main Street in Siasconset, was built in 1848 as one of the first hotels to cater to the burgeoning summer resort industry on Nantucket. In the 1920s, the former hotel was repositioned on the property and renovated to be a private residence by Martha and David Gray, noted benefactors of Nantucket. Today, it is the home of Samantha and Matthew Fremont-Smith. Samantha’s parents, Sherry and Don Lourie, purchased the property in 1969 and placed a preservation restriction on the home’s façade and exterior grounds, held by the ’Sconset Trust. After a­ ssuming ­ownership of the property in 2009, the Fremont-Smiths completed a ­ sensitive ­restoration in keeping with the home’s history, working with Chris Dallmus of Design Associates and Mark Godfrey of Godfrey Construction, Inc. The gardens feature a 1920s-era greenhouse and have played host for generations of memories for the Lourie and Fremont-Smith families. In 2011, Nantucket Preservation Trust awarded the John A. and Katherine S. Lodge Stewardship Award to the Fremont-Smith Family.

Opposite: The garden at 27 Main Street, Siasconset, 2020 Below: Façade of 27 Main Street, 2020

"They felt they had found an 'untouched gem' and jumped at the chance to purchase it."

Interior of 10 Martins Lane, 2020 10

10 Martins Lane|1756 |moved to Martins Lane in 1801 When Ken Jennings and Al Messina first saw inside the lean-to house at 10 Martins Lane in 2017, they felt they had found an “untouched gem” and jumped at the chance to purchase it. The home, built on Fair Street in 1756 and moved to Martins Lane in 1801, had been owned by the same family for 75 years and used exclusively as a summer home. Jennings and ­Messina recently completed a renovation and restoration of the home to allow for year-round Nantucket living. Projects included installing central heating and restoring the home’s four fireplaces to working condition. All ­historic floors, windows, trim, and hardware were restored and retained.

The home’s ­narrow winder staircase in the front entry was retained, but to allow for easier access to the second floor, a more accessible staircase was added at the rear of the home by extending a dormer. A porch ­addition was ­converted into a first-floor bedroom, and a new porch was added. The ­bedroom addition and stair alteration were done sensitively in order to maintain the home’s scale and exterior appearance from the street, and the project won NPT’s Historical Renovation Award in 2020.

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55 Union Street|1834 The Greek Revival home at 55 Union Street was constructed by ­prolific island builder John B. Nicholson in 1834. Nicholson developed much of the block bounded by Union Street, Orange Street, and York Street in the 1830s, but prior to this, it had been a more rural area of settlement by ­African ­Americans, called Newtown. Essex Boston, an African American man and relative of Seneca Boston, builder of 27 York Street, likely lived in an older home on this property, prior to the current building’s construction.

55 Union Street has a 4-bay plan common in homes built by ­Nicholson, with each floor consisting of three rooms and a hall built around a c­ entral ­chimney mass. Michelle Elzay and Pen Austin, together with Ginger ­Andrews, the home’s p­ revious owner, won Nantucket Preservation Trust’s ­Architectural ­Preservation Award in 2016 for the restoration of the ­property. The ­careful, sensitive restoration preserved the home’s interior floorplan, lime plaster walls and ceilings, floorboards, paneled doors, baseboards, interior paneled window trim, mantelpieces, balustrades, and more.

Above: Interior of 55 Union Street; Opposite: Attic at 55 Union Street 12

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27 York Street|c. 1774 The Boston-Higginbotham House at 27 York Street was ­constructed c. 1774 by Seneca Boston, a weaver and formerly enslaved man. The home boasts more than two hundred years of ownership by free Black ­Nantucketers. It was owned by Boston’s descendants until 1919. In 1920, cook and ­domestic worker Florence Higginbotham purchased the home.

The house, originally a simple lean-to structure, has been altered many times over the years. The Museum of African American History of B ­ oston and Nantucket completed a multi-year restoration of the house and its ­outbuildings, w ­ inning NPT’s 2020 Architectural Preservation Award. The ­Museum, working with ­architect Marsha Fader and builder Chuck ­Lenhart of Sandcastle Construction, made careful decisions to utilize d­ ifferent rooms of the house to emphasize 18th, 19th, and 20th century s­ tories while h­ onoring the full two hundred years of ­African American ownership. H ­ ighlights include Florence’s 1920s-era kitchen, complete with her H ­ ­ ousehold ­Regal C ­ ookstove, found in pieces in the basement and beautifully restored for p­ resent-day use, a 19th-century Greek Revival mantelpiece, and 18th-­ century fireplace paneling. The home will be open to the public while also ­serving as housing for MAAH interns and visiting scholars. The newly ­restored ­Boston-Higginbotham House and outbuildings, together with the African Meeting House, now form a ­complete campus where centuries of ­Nantucket’s African American history can be experienced and researched.

Below: 27 York Street, 2020; Opposite: The newly-renovated kitchen at 27 York Street

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JOAN ALBAUGH

A Way in the Light 30 x 40 Old Spouter Gallery

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Visit our new Cottage!

Marine Home Center - Open Mon-Sat 7am - 5pm 134 Orange Street • Nantucket, MA • 508-228-0900 • marinehomecenter.com

Sense of Place Business Sponsors Nantucket Preservation Trust is grateful to these Island Businesses for their support.

Together,we are working to preserve our island’s unique and timeless Sense of Place.

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2020 AUGUST FÊTE CONTRIBUTORS We extend a special thank you to

SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT and

SUSAN ZISES GREEN, INC. our corporate underwriters for this year’s August Fête.

We also extend a special thank you to the following homeowners for opening their homes: Pen Austin and Michelle Elzay Samantha and Matthew Fremont-Smith Ken Jennings and Al Messina The Museum of African American History Marie and John Sussek and Kathleen Hay of Kathleen Hay Designs, and Ralph Henke at the Nantucket Historical Association.

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With thanks to our Business Sponsors for their support: Preserving the Craft Marine Home Center Granite ACKtivities Joan Albaugh Kathleen Hay Designs M. Sweeney Construction Newburyport Bank TownPool Brick DuJardin Designs Marcus Foley Front Porch Studio / Ellie Gottwald Garth Grimmer / Nantucket Photo Art Bill Hoenk Photography Kelley Jepson Ben Larrabee Photography Sherre Wilson Liljegren New England Home James Ogilvy Photography Carolyn Thayer Interiors Mortar Kwan Buadam Chef Avi Chitrit / Nana’s Apron Nantucket Robert Miklos Anne Troutman Weatherly Design 21

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2020 AUGUST FÊTE LEADERS

The following individuals provided financial support for the event at the L ­ eadership Level (as of July 9, 2020)

$5,000 Level Mr. and Mrs. Craig Muhlhauser Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Pinson Mr. and Mrs. John Sussek, Jr. $500 Level Ms. Mariann Berg (Hundahl) Appley Mrs. Walter F. Ballinger, II Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Callahan Mr. John B. Carroll Ms. Mary Ellen G. Ferrel and Mr. John Heaps Mr. and Mrs. Edward Greenberg $1,000 Level Mr. and Mrs. Peter Grua Mr. and Mrs. David S. J. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Hale Mr. Guy Bristow and Ms. Barbara Presta Mr. and Mrs. Richardson T. Merriman Mr. and Mrs. William C. Buck Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Mortenson Ms. Susan Cosper and Mr. Brian Bartlett Mr. and Mrs. Samuel P. Phelan Mr. and Mrs. Douglass N. Ellis, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy P. Richardson Mr. Michael Elzay Mrs. Bonnie J. Sacerdote Ms. Hillary C. Hedges and Mr. Jeffrey F. Rayport Ms. Linda Saligman Mr. and Mrs. Amos B. Hostetter, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Harris Stone Dr. Ann L. and Mr. Charles B. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Jordan M. Stone Mr. and Mrs. George E. Roach $2,500 Level Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bailey, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Beaugrand Mr. and Mrs. Christian Hoffman Mr. and Mrs. William M. Moore Jr.

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AUGUST FÊTE COMMITTEE

Marie and John Sussek, Honorary Chairs Barbara Halsted, Special Events Chair Gussie Beaugrand, Auction Chair Jon King, Volunteer Chair

MEMBERS

Kathy Arvay • Beth Davies • Jennifer Dimartino Trudy Dujardin • Caroline Ellis • Nancy Forster Aisling Glynn • Susan Zises Green • Karen Pinson Ann Swart • Kristen Williams-Haseotes

NPT BOARD OF DIRECTORS Executive Committee Ken Beaugrand, Chair David Brown, Vice Chair Craig Muhlhauser, President Chris Hoffman, Vice President Anne Troutman, Vice President Alison Potts, Treasurer Barbara Halsted, Secretary

Directors Janet Bailey • Mary-Randolph Ballinger Al Forster • Andrew Forsyth • Susan Zises Green Jon King • Michael Kovner Mary-Adair Macaire • Angus MacLeod Bernadette Meyer • Bill Moore Thomas Maxwell Mundy • Dennis Perry Mickey Rowland • Michael Sweeney Debra Treyz • Cathy Ward Staff Mary Bergman, Executive Director Rita Carr, Director of Media and Communications Julie Kever, Administrative Assistant Michelle Whelan, Director of Development Emily Kahn, Intern 25

Nantucket PhotoArt GARTH GRIMMER, PHOTOGRAPHER nantucketphotoart.com garthphotography@comcast.net 508.221.4510 26

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Ben Larrabee Fine Art Portrait Photography Scheduling on Nantucket August 8-11, 2019 studio@benlarrabee.com 203.656.3807

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Sense of Place

Exhibition & Auction Featuring Work by Island Artists and Artisans

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July 31–August 9, 2020 Bidding begins online at 4:00 p.m. on July 31, 2020 Bidding closes at 8:00 p.m. on August 9, 2020 For more information, visit: www.nantucketpreservationtrust.org Photograph of oil painting from 2019 Exhibition, courtesy of David Lazarus