Janice Hyland and Alan Granby are both maritime art and antique dealers, so when he told her he'd bought a lighthouse, she assumed he meant a painting. The two have since renovated and expanded the Cape Cod lighthouse and filled it with art and antiques, including murals of the sea that were painted by a local artist in two upstairs rooms.
Figure A--Janice Hyland and Alan Granby added a magnificent great room onto their Massachusetts lighthouse. They also refinished paneling that was salvaged from a 19th-century Boston drugstore for one downstairs room.
Figure B--As maritime art and antiques dealers, Hyland and Granby took extreme care in the renovation of the home. It was in such disrepair when they bought it that Hyland actually fell through the floor into the cellar. Some 16 years later, the old lighthouse is not only a functional home, but it is also a work of art in its own right.
Figure C--From its vista overlooking Nantucket Sound, the home combines the old, small rooms of the original house with the soaring spaces of several additions.
Resources Lighthouse Preservation Society
The society works to restore lighthouses and turn the landmarks into public-use areas such as lighthouse parks and museums.
Lighthouse Preservation Society
4 Middle St.
Newburyport, MA 01950
Phone: 978-499-0011
Toll-free: 800-727-2326
Fax: 978-499-0026
Website:
www.maine.com/lights/lps.htm
Around America: A Tour of Our Magnificent Coastline
by Walter Cronkite
W.W. Norton Co., 2001
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Retired CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite has been sailing America's coastlines to write this account of what can be found along the nation's coastline, from Maine to Texas and Washington to California.
Massachusetts Lighthouses: A Pictorial Guide
by Courtney Thompson
CatNap Publications, 1998
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This is a complete guide to the history, legend and lore of the lighthouses of Massachusetts and includes more than 400 color photographs, directions and maps.
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