Gay Head Lighthouse Gay Head Cliffs Gay Head, Massachusetts

LIGHTHOUSELIGHTHOUS ESS OFOF MASSACHUSETTMASSACHUSETTSS THEMATICTHEMATIC GROUGROUPP NOMINATIONNOMINATION LIGHTHOUSELIGHTHOUSE INFORMATIOINFORMATIONN FORFORMM NUMBENUMBERR 1188 MASSACHUSETTSMASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAHISTORICALL COMMISSIOCOMMISSIONN 8080 BoyistoBoylstonn Street,Street, Boston,Boston, MMAA 0211602116

PHOTOGRAPHPHOTOGRAPH KEYKEY HISTORICHISTORIC NAME:NAME: GayGay HeadHea dLight Light VictoriVictoriaa DistefanoDiStefano - Martha'Martha'ss ^"'"^Vineyal'oWN:^ GaGayy HeaHeadd CommissionCommission - 5/19805/198 0 ------''------LOCATION:LOCATION; WesWestt endend ofof islandisland onon LighthoLi ghthoLi 1.1. LighLi ghtt facinfacingg northnorth (8(8 x 10)10 ) l^oaRoada COUNTY:COUNTY: DukesDukes CODECODE:: 00700 7

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RECORDEDRECORDED BY:BY: yV,. Distefanopistefano NN.. SalzmaSalzmann ORGANIZATION:ORGAN IZATION ....M:MHr./MVr.... HC ..... (..... M""'VC..._ . ______DATE:DATE; 1980,1980, JulyJuly 14,14, 19819811 LighthousLighthousee # 1188 LIGHTHUGHTHOUSEOUSESS OFOF MASSACHUSETTSMASSACHINFTTQ pagpagee 1 TTHEMATIHEMA TICC GGBOurNoSoROUP NOMINATIONN Ga_yGay HeadHead Light,Light, GayGay HeaHeadd SITESITE DESCRIPTIONDESCRIPTION:: TheThe GaGayy HeadHead LighLightt isis locatedlocated oonn ththee southwesternmostsouthwesternmost pointpoint ofof lanlandd onon thethe islandisland ofof Martha'Martha'ss Vineyard,Vineyard, whicwhichh consistconsistss ofof spectacularspectacular cliffscliffs ooff reredd coloredcolored clay,clay, iinn themselvethemselvess a landmarklandmark (NNHL).(NNHL). TheThe lightlight marksmarks ththee Devil'Devil'ss BridgBridgee rocksrocks,, ththee shoalsshoals ooff ththee southsouth shoreshore ooff ththee islanislandd anandd thethe entrancentrancee toto VineyardVineyard SoundSound fromfrom Buzzard'sBuzzard's BaBayy oonn ththee routeroute ttoo BostoBostonn HarborHarbor fromfrom ththee South.South. ThThee landland slopeslopess downhilldownhill frofromm ththee cliffcliffss andand isis constantlyconstantly erodingeroding botbothh fromfrom ththee actionaction ofof ththee seasea andand fromfrom naturanaturall springssprings withiwithinn thethe claclayy soil.soil. ThThee sitesite containcontainss thethe town'stown's onlonlyy commerciacommerciall activities,activities, whicwhichh areare local,local, familyfamily owneownedd andand operateoperatedd souvenisouvenirr shopsshops andand foodfood serviceservice forfor tourtour busebusess andand autosautos thathatt parparkk inin ththee largelarge asphaltasphalt lotlot belobeloww ththee lighthouselighthouse oonn WampanoaWampanoagg TribalTribal commocommonn lands.lands. LIGHTHOUSELIGHTH OUSESS OOFF MASSACHUSETTMASSAC HUSETTSS LighthousLighthousee # 1818 THEMATITHEMATICC GROUGROUPP NOMINATIONOMINATIONN pagpagee 22

MAJOMAJORR ELEMENTELEMENTSS DESCRIPTIONDESCRIPTION:: ThThee 18561856 bricbrickk lighthouslighthousee iiss thethe onlyonly remainingremaining structurestructure atat ththee sitesite.. TheThe originaloriginal bricbrickk Keeper'sKeeper's HousHousee wawass replacereplacedd bbyy aa woodewoodenn gambrelgambrel shinglshinglee houshousee (1906)(1906) whicwhichh wawass tortornn dowdownn iinn 1961.1961. OtheOtherr CoasCoastt GuardGuard buildingbuildingss werweree demolishedemolishedd iinn 1959.1959. ThThee bricbrickk towetowerr 1717'61 6"11 diameter,diameter, 45'845 1 8"11 iinn heightheight,, iiss girdlegirdledd iinn ththee middlmiddlee bbyy foufourr coursecoursess ooff brownstonbrownstonee blocksblocks 11 11 (13" X 2525")) whichwhich project,project, forminformingg a lowelowerr bandband;; bbyy a flaflatt bandband;; twtwoo quarterquarter rounroundd continuouscontinuous cornicecornice bracketbracketss andand thethe finalfinal flatflat lowelowerr balconybalcony.. AAnn ironiron segmentalsegmental archedarched doordoor givesgives accessaccess ttoo ththee balconybalcony.. FroFromm ththee balconybalcony,, aann outsideoutside iroironn laddeladderr witwithh rungrungss leadsleads througthroughh a rounroundd openingopening ontontoo ththee uppeupperr balconbalconyy arounaroundd ththee lenlenss roomroom.. AlmosAlmostt identicaidenticall ttoo HighlanHighlandd LightLight,, TruroTruro (#20)(#20),, ththee lenlenss rooroomm iiss glazeglazedd frofromm floofloorr toto ceilinceilingg andand iiss surmountesurmountedd bbyy aa standarstandardd iroironn roorooff anandd ventilatoventilatorr withwith lightninglightning rod.rod. DooDoorr - oneone doordoor ttoo ththee easeastt hahass beebeenn blockeblockedd upup.. TheThe maimainn doodoorr isis castcast iroironn andand hahass a standarstandardd covercover ttoo protecprotectt ththee locklock fromfrom thethe weatherweather.. IItt iiss setset iinn a bricbrickk arcarchh (37 11" widewide)) whicwhichh decreasedecreasess toto 3333 1/2"11 onon ththee inneinnerr sideside.. ThThee bricbrickk walwalll iiss 3611" deepdeep.. A wedgwedgee ooff mortamortarr aatt thethe centecenterr ooff thethe uppeupperr archarch allowsallows ththee brickbrickss ttoo bbee setset iinn suchsuch a wawayy asas ttoo meemeett ththee reducereducedd innerinner circumference.circumference. AA groundground floorfloor windowindoww isis oppositeopposite thithiss door.door. INTERIORINTER !OR:: StaircaseStaircase - spiral,spiral, attachedattached ttoo a centracentrall corecore.. TheThe railinrailingg iiss woodenwooden,, paintepaintedd greygrey.. StepStepss areare cascastt iron,iron, prefabricateprefabricatedd withwith balusterbaluster formingforming parpartt ofof ththee attachinattachingg jointjoint.. TherTheree araree 1212 stepssteps ttoo thethe firstfirst landinglanding andand windowwindow,, 1414 ttoo ththee secondsecond andand windowwindow,, andand 1414 toto ththee thirthirdd landinlandingg oorr lenlenss roomroom.. AAtt thesthesee landinglandingss a graduallygradually turneturnedd curvcurvee inin ththee railingrailingss aass aatt HighlanHighlandd LightLight.. AAtt ththee levellevel ooff thethe lamplamp roomroom anandd lenslens rooroomm aann unusuaunusuall detaildetail isis foundfound:: aa · curvingcurving woowoodd rairaill onon ththee iroironn insteainsteadd ofof ththee usuausuall functionalfunctional railrail.. AAnn ironiron prefabricateprefabricatedd ladderladder ofof 1111 stepssteps leadleadss ttoo ththee lenslens roomroom.. WindowWindowss - ththee threthreee windowwindowss aatt ththee landinglandingss araree ththee samesame,, 2/2/22 panespanes,, 19 11" XX 11 11 20"20 , sesett intintoo simplsimplee 2 1/2" frameframess witwithh woodewoodenn lintellintel.. ThThee brickbrick aboveabove formsforms a verticallverticallyy laidlaid lintel.lintel. ThThee sillsillss araree 5 1/21/2"11 deep.deep. AAtt LeveLevell 2 ththee windowindoww isis setset inin 19 11" anandd 2011" deep.deep. CurveCurvedd sillssills projecprojectt fromfrom thesthesee windowswindows.. LamLampp RooRoomm - ththee wallwallss atat thithiss poinpointt araree 25 11" thick.thick. ThThee ceilinceilingg consistsconsists ofof aann iroironn banbandd 2311" highighh arounaroundd ththee perimeterperimeter.. ThiThiss supportssupports aann ironiron disdiscc 7'57' 5"11 inin dianeterdiameter restinrestingg onon a ririmm whicwhichh setssets 2 1/2"11 oonn ththee ringring.. ThereThere isis a windowindoww 34 11" X 35 11" withiwithinn a surroundsurround 4400 1/21/2"11 widwidee againagain,, a woodewoodenn boarboardd lintelintell witwithh verticaver.ticall brickbrickss above.above. AA cascastt iroironn doodoorr 2711" widwidee frofromm whicwhichh springssprings a halhalff rounroundd arcarchh 15"11 highhigh.. IItt hashas ththee samsamee lintelintell treatment.treatment. FirsFirstt balcony-balcony- brownstonbrownstonee flooringflooring.. ThereThere isis a continuouscontinuous railinrailingg witwithh equallyequally spacedspaced balustersbalusters.. OOnn ththee undersidundersidee ofof ththee secondsecond balconbalconyy iiss aann openinopeningg foforr a stovepipe.stovepipe. ThiTh iss openinopeningg hahass beebeenn blockeblockedd upup;; thethe pippipee enteredentered ththee lamlampp rooroomm oveoverr ththee openinopeningg frofromm ththee staircasestaircase andand probablprobablyy rarann alongalong ththee ceilingceiling ttoo ththee otheotherr enendd ofof ththee roomroom.. ThereThere iiss alsoalso a laddeladderr whicwhichh isis angledangled ttoo givgivee accessaccess ttoo ththee uppeupperr balcony.balcony. 2n2ndd BalconyBalcony-- reachereachedd aass jusjustt describeddescribed.. TherTheree iiss a singlesingle rairaill onon 1166 balusterbalusterss witwithh a comb-likcomb-likee curbincurbingg ofof iroironn alongalong thethe bottombottom.. ThereThere iiss alsoalso a handraihandraill alonalongg ththee uppermosuppermostt cascastt iroironn muntinsmuntins ofof light.light. LIGHTHOUSELIGHTHOU SESS OOFF MASSACHUSETTMASSACHUSETTSS LighthouseLighthouse ## 1818 THEMATiTHE MAT ICC GROUGR nupP NOMINATIONOMl~1lATIONN pagpagee 33

LenLenss RooRoomm - AAss atat HighlanHighlandd LightLight,, thertheree iiss floor-to-ceilingfloor-to-ceiling glazingglazing.. ThThee originaoriginall threthreee rowrowss ofof muntinmuntinss areare inin placeplace.. TheThe floorfloor isis 1010'61 6"11 iinn diameterdiameter,, withh oneone quartequarterr devoteddevoted toto thethe openinopeningg frofromm thethe ladderladder,, anandd iiss surroundedsurrounded byby a gracefugracefull bannisterbannister.. A uniqueunique ventilatoventilatorr systemsystem isis intactintact atat ththee basbasee ofof eacheach ooff ththee sixteensixteen verticaverticall sections;sections; allall bubutt oneone havehave beebeenn sealed.sealed. TheThe flatflat ventilatoventilatorr covecoverr iiss 4"11 X 1616 1/2"11 witwithh a smallsmall handlehandle iinn thethe centercenter anandd threthreee openingsopenings ofof 1"1" X 33"11 oonn eithereither side.side. LIGHTHOUSES^^TulUP.r^'^ OF MASSACH«SACHUSFUSETTmS LighthouseLighthouse # 1188 TTHEMATICHEMATIC GROUP GROUP NOMIN NOMINATIONATIO N page''' 4' '

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17591759 - fivefive concentricconcentric wickswicks usinusingg whalewhale oil.oil. 18561856 - FirstFirst orderorder FresnelFresnel lenslens,, 10081008 prismsprisms,, revolvingrevolving incandescenincandescentt oiloil vaporvapor mantel.mantel. A 19th19th centurycentury accountaccount statesstates thatthat thethe 1ligh ightt consistedconsisted of:of: 11"4 concentricconcentric wickswicks ofof whichwhich a continualcontinual anandd superabundantsuperabundant supplysupply ofof oiloil isis forcedforced bbyy a speciesspecies ofof clockwork,clockwork, causingcausing a flameflame ofof dazzlingdazzling brilliancebrilliance;; iiss surroundedsurrounded bbyy a 11 revolvingrevolving cover,cover, aboutabout 8'8' highhigh X 4'4'5 5" ((Duke Dukess CountyCounty Intelligencer,Intelligencer, 8/18818/1881 fromfrom "A"A VisitVisit toto GayGay HeadHead Lighthouse").Lighthouse"). 18561856 - presenpresentt brickbrick,, brownstonbrownstonee andand steelsteel towertower builbuiltt forfor $15,000$15,000 (17(17'61 6"11 diam.,diam., 53'53' circumference,circumference, 4545'81 8"11 height).height). DoubleDouble dwelling:dwelling: woodwood frameframe dwellingdwelling B (see(see belowbelow)) quotedquoted inin CoastCoast GuardGuard records.records. However,However, photophotoss showshow a doubdoubl 1ee buildinbuildingg ofof anan earlierearlier stylestyle atat thethe newnew tower,tower, describeddescribed asas follows:follows: AA)) RectangularRectangular doubledouble bricbrickk 1 1/21/2 storystory dwellingdwelling withwith shortshort attachedattached walkwaywalkway toto lightlight atat centercenter ofof longlong side.side. EachEach sideside isis 5 baysbays,, 3 windowswindows flankedflanked bbyy doors,doors, 2 windowswindows inin thethe gable,gable, a singlesingle dormerdormer facingfacing thethe light,light, 2 chimneys.chimneys. NNoo picturpicturee ofof oppositeopposite facade.facade. WoodenWooden coveredcovered entranceentrance porcporchh toto dwellings.dwellings. $20,000.?20,000. B)B) ThirdThird dwelling,dwelling, 2 1/21/2 storystory woodenwooden frame,frame, gambrelgambrel roof,roof, $15,000$15,000 (32'(32' XX 11 11 11 7676")) oror 28 " X 5555"•. ("32("32 X 76"76" mustmust referrefer toto earlierearlier buildingbuilding "A","A", unknownunknown toto compilercompiler ofof propertpropertyy list).list). ThreeThree roomsrooms onon eacheach floor,floor, shingleshingle exterior,exterior, threethree chimneys,chimneys, gambrelgambrel roof;roof; 2 dwellingdwelling units.units. OilOil househouse - bricbrickk withwith woodenwooden roof.roof. 11 11" X 15",15", $500.$500. AtAt edgeedge ofof cliff.cliff. , 11 11 GarageGarage - woodwood frame,frame, l1 1/21/2 story,story, 20 " X 2525", $600.$600. BarnBarn - woodwood frame,frame, 16'16' X 31",31", woodwood shingleshingle exterior,exterior, $1000.$1000. (Again(Again 1list istss areare incompatible.incompatible. PhotosPhotos showshow smasmalle 11 err "garage "II nextnext toto dwellingdwelling A.A. PhotoPhoto B showsshows thisthis gonegone andand a largerlarger barbarnn nextnext toto road.)road.) 19061906 - brickbrick Keeper'sKeeper's HouseHouse replacedreplaced bbyy gambrelgambrel roofroof shingleshingle house.house. (correcting(correcting CoastCoast GuardGuard recordsrecords above)above) 194?194? - CoastCoast GuardGuard buildingbuildingss constructed,constructed, 6 baybayss X 3 baysbays,, 2 1/21/2 storystory frameframe withwith 1 storystory additionsadditions onon ends.ends. AcrossAcross roadroad fromfrom barn.barn. 19501950 - bricbrickk lookoutlookout tower,tower, 12'12' X 12"12" X 30'30' high,high, $16,000.$16,000. 19561956 - changedchanged toto untendeduntended operation.operation. 19591959 - CoastCoast GuarGuardd buildinbuildingg (on(on edgeedge ofof cliffcliff towardtoward east)east) demolished.demolished. 19611961 - Keeper'sKeeper's HouseHouse razed;razed; stablestable razed.razed. FresnelFresnel lenslens replacedreplaced withwith 2 bullseybu 11 seyee lenslenses es.. LIGHTHOUSELIGHTHOUSESS OFOF MASSACHUSETTSMASSACHUSETTS Lighthouse#i iahthou.P # 1188 THEMTHEMATIATICC GROUGROUPP NONOMINATIOMINATIONN pagepage 55

LEVELLEVEL OFOF SIGNIFICANCSIGNIFICANCEE GaGayy HeaHeadd LighLightt possessepossessess itegrititegrityy ofof locationlocation,, design,design, setting,setting, materialmaterialss anandd workmanshiworkmanshipp asas welwelll asas significantsignificant associationsassociations witwithh ththee developmentdevelopment ofof aidsaids ttoo navigationavigationn inin MassachusettsMassachusetts.. DatinDatingg fromfrom 1856,1856, ththee bricbrickk andand sandstonesandstone towertower isis thethe mostmost conspicuousconspicuous historihistoricc structurstructuree inin ththee towntown ofof GayGay Head.Head. AAtt ththee timetime ofof constructionconstruction,, iitt wawass considereconsideredd oneone ooff ththee tenten mostmost importantimportant lightlightss oonn ththee AtlanticAtlantic CoasCoastt andand wawass originalloriginallyy equippedequipped witwithh ononee ooff ththee firstfirst FresneFresnell lenselensess iinn ththee country.country. IItt meetmeetss criteriacriteria A andand C ofof ththee NationalNational RegisteRegisterr ofof HistoriHistoricc PlacePlacess onon ththee statestate levellevel asas welwelll asas survesurveyy criteriacriteria la,la, 2b,2b, 3b3b,, 4c.4c. NPS'<*rm IMIKMl OUB0MB Appmm~ No.No . 1024.001g1024-001'

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MArt25l999 L I tin;-VA; P*^^K TheThe CommonwealthCommonwealth ofof MassachusettMassachusettss WilliamWilliam FrancisFrancis Galvin,Galvin, SecretarySecretary ofof thethe CommonwealtCommonwealthh March 16 1999 Massachusetts Historical Commission 4 March 16 1999 Massachusetts Historical Commission '

MsMs.. CarolCarol ShulShulll NationaNationall ParkPark ServiceService NationaNationall RegisterRegister ooff HistoricHistoric PlacePlacess MaiMaill StopStop 2280,2280, SuiteSuite 404000 18491849 C Street,Street, NNWW Washington,Washington, DCDC 2024202400

Re:Re: TowTownn NameName ChangChangee

DearDear MsMs.. Shull:Shull:

PleasPleasee bbee advisedadvised thathatt thethe MassachusettMassachusettss statstatee legislaturlegislaturee iinn 19981998 approveapprovedd thethe towtownn ofof GayGay HeaHeadd (Duke(Dukess County),County), MassachusettsMassachusetts toto changechange itsits namename toto Aquinnah. Aquinnah .

Presently,Presently, onlyonly oneone NationaNationall RegisterRegister propertpropertyy isis listedlisted iinn thathatt community,community, ththee GayGay HeaHeadd Lighthouse,Lighthouse, placeplacedd onon thethe NNRR JuneJune 15,15, 19871987 aass parpartt ofof thethe LighthouseLighthousess ooff MassachusettMassachusettss ThematicThematic Nomination.Nomination. A districtdistrict nominationominationn forfor ththee GayGay HeadHead / AquinnaAquinnahh MunicipalMunicipal HistoricHistoric DistrictDistrict wawass sentsent ttoo ththee NationaNationall RegisteRegisterr officofficee withinwithin thethe pastpast severalseveral weeksweeks andand wewe areare awaitingawaiting worwordd oonn ititss disposition.disposition. ThiThiss nominationominationn wawass sentsent usinusingg ththee towtownn namnamee ofof AquinnahAquinnah,, anandd referencreferencee wawass madmadee toto thethe namename changechange in in the the covercover letter.letter .

PleasePlease changchangee youryour recordrecordss ttoo reflecreflectt thisthis change,change, whichwhich recognizesrecognizes thethe community'scommunity's NativeNative AmericaAmericann rootsroots..

Sincerely,Sincerely, ~k BetsyBetsy FriedberFriedbergg NationaNationall RegisterRegister DirectoDirectorr MassachusettMassachusettss HistoricaHistoricall CommissionCommission

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PROPERTPROPERTYY GayGay Head--AquinnaHead--Aquinnahh LightLight NAMNAME:E :

MULTIPLMULTIPLEE LighthouseLighthousess ofof MassachusettMassachusettss TTRR NAMNAME:E :

STATESTATE & COUNTY:COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTSMASSACHUSETTS,, DukesDukes

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Additional Documentation: 2016 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET

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PROPERTY Gay Head--Aquinnah Light NAME:

MULTIPLE Lighthouses of Massachusetts TR NAME:

STATE & COUNTY: MASSACHUSETTS, Dukes

DATE RECEIVED: 7/15/16 DATE OF PENDING LIST: DATE OF 16TH DAY: DATE OF 45TH DAY: 8/30/16 DATE OF WEEKLY LIST:

REFERENCE NUMBER: 87001464

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Technical Amendment 2015: Gay Head Lighthouse

SECTION 7: DESCRIPTION

The Gay Head Light is a 51-foot tower completed in 1856; it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. It is constructed of clay bricks manufactured at the Chilmark brickyard, girdled by four courses of brownstone blocks and an iron balcony, and topped by a cast-iron and glazed lightroom and a metal roof. The lighthouse is located off Aquinnah Circle in the town of Aquinnah, less than fifty feet from the eroding Gay Head Cliffs, and consequently is in danger of falling into the Atlantic Ocean or otherwise being destroyed. The present lighthouse was constructed to replace the previous wooden structure lost to cliff erosion.

The Town of Aquinnah, present owner of the Gay Head Light, proposes to relocate the lighthouse from its current site to a new location 150 feet to the east/southeast, onto land owned in fee simple by the Town of Aquinnah (Lot 23), for the purpose of protecting and preserving it. The proposed relocation coordinates are 41 degrees, 20 minutes, 53.9141 seconds North by 70 degrees, 50 minutes, 04.159 seconds West. The existing surface ground elevation will be retained at the new location.

SECTION 8: SIGNIFICANCE

The Gay Head Light was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1987 as part of the Lighthouses of Massachusetts Thematic Resources Area. The Lighthouse is proposed for removal to a new location 150 feet to the east/southeast of its present site, including placement on a new granite masonry sub-foundation.

Pursuant to the terms of the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act (NHLPA), which makes historic lighthouse properties that are no longer needed by the United State Coast Guard (USCG) available at no cost to other federal agencies, state and local governments, nonprofit corporations, educational agencies, or community development organizations for education, park and recreation, cultural or historic preservation purposes, the Town of Aquinnah filed an application for ownership of the Gay Head Light. On September 12, 2014, the Secretary of the Interior recommended to the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA), the federal agency responsible for federal property allocation, that the Town be awarded title to the Property. In response to the recommendation by the Secretary of the Interior and in accordance with the terms of the NHLP A, GSA will convey the property to the Town in the first quarter of 2015. The deed will include historic preservation covenants to ensure that the Gay Head Light is maintained in accordance with the Secretary of the Interior's "Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties" and an easement for the benefit of the United States to allow the USCG to access, operate, service, maintain, replace, repair and remove the federal Aids to Navigation at the Lighthouse, in keeping with the original mission of Gay Head Light as an aid to navigation. NPS Form 10-900-a 0MB No. 1024-0018

United States Department of the Interior Gay Head Lighthouse National Park Service Name of Property Dukes County, MA National Register of Historic Places County and State J:!iJ_hthouses of Massachusetts Continuation Sheet Name of multiple listing (if applicable)

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The relocation will consist of three stages: the excavation of the existing foundation and lifting of the lighthouse with hydraulic jacks, placement upon a moving rail and roller system, movement from its existing site on Lot 22 to Lot 23, and the reattachment of the light to a new granite-block sub-foundation on Lot 23. Lot 23, plans and schematic drawings of which are shown below, was selected because it meets navigational purposes in both elevation and position and maintains the "day mark" (i.e., provides visibility from the water from all vantage points), because it has acceptable load-bearing subsoil characteristics, and because it has a stable geographic formation that should remain resistant to future erosion for a minimum of 140 years.

The proposed new location is consistent with the existing viewshed of the Gay Head Light. The Gay Head Light should continue to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places during and after its relocation, as it will maintain its associations, setting, feeling and relationship to the Gay Head cliffs and the ocean as an aid to navigation. The Gay Head Light will be relocated and maintained, consistent with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards, and will continue to retain integrity of materials, workmanship, and design. The Gay Head Light fulfills Criteria A and C and is significant at the local and state levels.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION:

While no ancient Native American sites are known on the existing and proposed Gay Head Light properties, it is possible that sites are present. Fourteen ancient sites are recorded in the general area (within one mile). Environmental characteristics of the property represent locational criteria (slope, soil drainage, proximity to wetlands) that are favorable for the presence of ancient sites. Both the existing and proposed Lighthouse properties, as well as the proposed movement path between current and proposed foundation locations, include well-drained, level to moderately sloping uplands in close proximity to the eroding Gay Head Cliffs. Soils in the area are sandy and clay soils formed in glaciofluvial and glaciolacustrine deposits found primarily on glacial outwash plains, mixed with urban land deposits (from the former Coast Guard facilities) and Aeolian-type deposits. Unnamed freshwater wetlands and a seasonal stream are also present in the vicinity in addition to the tidal saltwater marine environment of Vineyard Sound, including the Devil's Bridge tidal rip fishing grounds.

Given the above information, levels of historic land use, and available ancient Native American settlement information for Martha's Vineyard in general, a high potential exists for the recovery of ancient and historical period Native American resources on the current and proposed Gay Head Light properties. A high potential also exists for locating historic archaeological resources on both the properties, including resources associated with the former Gay Head Light Keeper's House discussed below. NPS Form 10-900-a 0MB No. 1024-0018

United States Department of the Interior Gay Head Lighthouse National Park Service Name of Property Dukes County, MA National Register of Historic Places County and State Lighthouses of Massachusetts Continuation Sheet Name of multiple listing (if applicable)

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ARCHAEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

The Gay Head Cliffs are a National Natural Landmark owned by the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) in trust for the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah). Archaeological surveys have been conducted in the vicinity of Aquinnah Circle, including the town-wide archaeological reconnaissance survey conducted for Aquinnah in 2002, and ancient Native American archaeological sites have been recorded in the vicinity of Aquinnah Circle. Intensive (locational) archaeological survey has been conducted in 2014 for the Gay Head Light movement project impact area, including portions of both the existing and proposed (Lots 22 and 23) properties, and a site examination, program of archaeological data recovery, and systematic soil stripping is proposed to be conducted for the complete movement project impact area in Spring 2015.

The 51-foot-tall brick lighthouse, built in 1854 to replace the original 1799 wooden lighthouse, is the only standing structure on the existing Gay Head Light property. At various points throughout the nineteenth and early to mid twentieth centuries, the lighthouse complex included a lookout tower, oil house, barn, carriage house, several wooden storage buildings, and two different keeper's dwelling houses. All but the lighthouse were removed or demolished prior to the mid-1960s. The approximate locations of these former structures are known mainly from photographs and from government property plans (Herbster and Horn 2015).

The 1854 brick Gay Head Light Keeper's House was replaced with a wooden structure in 1902. Several deaths were attributed to mold and toxic spores found within the damp brick building, and the wooden structure was designed to promote better air circulation (keeper Richard Skidmore, personal communication 2014). The wooden structure was built on the site of the original brick house, and was attached to the northeastern side of the lighthouse (Herbster and Horn 2015) ..

Remnants of the Keeper's House foundation are visible at the ground surface and include sections of the brick and cement connection ell to the lighthouse, as well as several exposed sections of the mortared cement and brick foundation upon which the wooden building sat. The intensive survey testing conducted for the movement project impact area in 2014, including shovel test pits excavated within the footprint of the keeper's house, documented fill deposits dominated by brick, mortar, structural debris, and coal/ash/slag, suggesting that demolition debris from the original structure was re-deposited at the site prior to the construction of the new house. A possible cement floor slab was identified in one test pit placed within the keeper's house footprint at a depth of 44 centimeters below surface, possibly indicative of a building slab floor.

The limited archaeological testing to date at the intensive level within the existing location, proposed location and movement pathway, indicates that intact structural remains of the circa 1902 (wooden) keeper's house are present within portions of the movement path project area. The degree of demolition fill and debris within the building footprint suggests that the foundation may be the only intact archaeological feature associated with the Keeper's House. Other archaeological deposits and/or NPS Form 10-900-a 0MB No. 1024-0018

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structural remains (such as footings) may be present in the areas where other buildings were known to have stood; however, the current movement path project area does not include these other locations (Herbster and Horn 2015). A site examination, program of archaeological data recovery, and systematic soil stripping are proposed to be conducted in the Spring of2015 for the Keeper's House foundation, and to identify and evaluate any other archaeological resources within the movement project impact area, that includes the existing Lighthouse property (Lot 22), proposed move path and new Lighthouse foundation property (Lot 23).

The potential exists for ancient Native American deposits to be present in isolated undisturbed areas surrounding the Light. However, landscape modifications and building construction, use, and demolition indicate that intact Native American deposits are unlikely to be present within the locations of former Coast Guard lighthouse facilities (Herbster and Horn 2015). Since patterns of ancient settlement and subsistence in Gay Head are poorly understood, any surviving sites within the present and proposed Light property could be significant.

Ancient Native American sites in this area may contain information that helps us understand how environmental changes influenced population change and the nature or settlement through time, especially traditional uses of the Gay Head Cliffs. Information may be present at sites that indicate the effects of cliff erosion and sea-level rise on patterns of settlement and subsistence, especially at sites from earlier periods. Ancient sites in the area may also contain information to better understand patterns of lithic procurement and production, possibly indicating the importance of local raw materials and trade in the manufacture of specific tool types and changes in technology over time, including maritime transportation practices within Vineyard Sound and Buzzards Bay.

Native American sites in the Gay Head locale, especially sites from later periods, may also contain information that helps us to understand how the four historic sachemships that were recognized during the historic period on Martha's Vineyard evolved. This information might demonstrate unique characteristics associated with the sachemship and socio/political group located at Gay Head. These characteristics could be represented in ceramic types, lithics, or site types and distributions.

Historic archaeological resources other than those associated with changes to the use and occupation of the Gay Head Light described above have the potential to help us better understand how Gay Head Native Americans were able to maintain aspects of their traditional culture during a period of change in the 19th and 20th centuries, especially in the Tribal approach to tourism expressed by the nearby concentration of Aquinnah Shops at the Cliff overlook and the Wampanoag Cultural Center at the nearby Edwin Vanderhoop House. Further documentary research, combined with archaeological survey and testing, including the programs referenced above proposed to be conducted in Spring of 2015, may produce information that helps us understand the effects of incorporation on traditional forms of land-holding and other aspects of Native culture, including balancing traditional uses and relationships to the Gay Head Cliffs with tourism and recreation in the 19th and 20th centuries. The identification of outbuildings and detailed analysis of the contents of occupational-related features may NPS Form 10-900-a 0MB No. 1024-0018

United States Department of the Interior Gay Head Lighthouse National Park Service Name of Property Q.~_~s County, MA National Register of Historic Places County and State Lighthouses of Massachusetts Continuation Sheet Name of multiple listing (if applicable)

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contain information that helps us better understand the growth of tourism at the Cliffs. The same analysis may also indicate the effects on family structure and changes in town government, land ownership, and the evolving uses and meanings of the Cliffs to the Tribe and visitors to the Aquinnah Circle shops and Cliff overlook area.

Additional information is likely to be developed during the excavations associated with the relocation project in Spring of 2015 referenced above that may contribute important information to the research questions presented above.

Acreage of Property Approximately 1.35 acres

Verbal Boundary Description

The boundaries are the boundaries of Lots 22 and 23, as shown on the attached Site Plan.

References: Herbster, Holly and Jess Horn In preparation. Intensive (Locational) Archaeological Survey, Gay Head Light, Aquinnah, Massachusetts. PAL Inc. Report no. 2894.02. Submitted to Town of Aquinnah and U.S. Coast Guard. 2015

Figures Relocation Plot Plan Aerial Photograph of Relocation Site Sketch of Proposed Relocation Sketch of Proposed Elevation Sketch of Elevation Site Plan Existing Conditions Site Plan (February 10, 2016) NPS Form 10-900-a 0MB No. 1024-0018

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Photographs

Moving Process - Series I 28 May 2015 (Photographer: Quinn R. Stuart)

1. General view of the Gay Head Lighthouse, excavation trench, and jacks, looking southeast toward new location from vicinity of historical location. 2. General view of lighthouse and relocation tracks during relocation, looking northwest. 3. View of lighthouse during relocation, looking north from new location. 4. Detail of lighthouse and cribbing during relocation, looking east. 5. Detail of lighthouse foundation, looking west. 6. Detail of interior of lighthouse foundation, looking west.

Moving Process - Series II 11 June 2015 (Photographer: John J. Daly)

7. Context view of Gay Head Lighthouse at new location during construction of new concrete block foundation, looking southeast from historical location. 8. View of new lighthouse foundation and new concrete retaining wall, looking south. 9. View of lighthouse on new foundation, looking northeast. 10. Detail of historical and new lighthouse foundation, looking southeast. 11. Interior detail view of historical and new lighthouse foundations, showing new support for center column, looking down from first floor level.

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Ms. Brona Simon State Historic Preservation Officer Executive Director Massachusetts Historical Commission 220 Morrissey Boulevard Boston, Massachusetts 02125

Dear Ms. Simon:

Thank you for your letter of July 12, 2016, regarding the move of the Gay Head Light, located in Aquinnah, Dukes County, Massachusetts. The Gay Head Light was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on June 15, 1987.

On May 12, 2015, we respondeq. to your request and approved the proposed move of the Gay Head Light. The move was necessary to save the lighthouse from the danger of falling into the Atlantic Ocean. You have now informed us that the Gay Head Light was moved as proposed to its new location between May 30 and June 1, 2015, and you have provided us photographs of the light on its new site, revised maps, acreage, and a new verbal boundary description.

The Gay Head Light remains listed in the National Register of Historic Places at its new site. This completes our review of the move of the light.

Please let us know if we can provide further information or assistance.

Sincerely, PcJMJ_!J~ Patrick Andrus, Historian National Register of Historic Places H32(2280) AUG - 4 2016

Ms. Brona Simon State Historic Preservation Officer Executive Director Massachusetts Historical Commission 220 Morrissey Boulevard Boston, Massachusetts 02125

Dear Ms. Simon:

On May 12, 2015, we responded to your request and approved the proposed move of the Gay Head Light. The move was necessary to save the lighthouse from the danger of falling into the Atlantic Ocean. You have now informed us that the Gay Head Light was moved as proposed to its new location between May 30 and June 1, 2015, and you have provided us photographs of the light on its new site, revised maps, acreage, and a new verbal boundary description.

The Gay Head Light remains listed in the National Register of Historic Places at its new site. This completes our review of the move of the light.

Please let us know if we can provide further information or assistance.

Sincerely, ~1• Patrick Andrus, Historian National Register of Historic Places bee: 2280 Loether Basic File Retained In 2280 FNP:PAndrus:OP:08/3/2016:s:\NR:\nr_ correspondence\GayHeadLightMove. l H32(2280)

Ms. Brona Simon ijAY 1_ 2 2015 State Historic Preservation Officer Executive Director Massachusetts Historical Commission 220 Morrissey Boulevard Boston, Massachusetts 02125

Dear Ms. Simon:

Thank you for your letter of April 8, 2015, regarding the Gay Head Light, located in Aquinnah, Dukes County, Massachusetts. You have requested, under National Register of Historic Places regulations 36 CFR 60.14(b), the we review and approve the proposed move of the Gay Head Light and that the lighthouse remain listed in the National Register during and after the move. The Gay Head Light was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on June 15, 1987.

Your letter and accompanying documentation establish that the proposed move was the subject of a Memorandum of Agreement (36 CFR 800.6)b )(2)c), executed February 18, 2015, executed among the General Services Administration, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the National Park Service, the U.S. Coast Guard, the Massachusetts Historical Commission, the Town of Aquinnah and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah). You have established that the move is necessary to save the lighthouse from danger of falling into the Atlantic Ocean, the plans for the move will preserve the historic integrity of the Gay Head Light, it will be moved to an appropriate new location which closely approximates its original setting, and that archeological investigations have been made or are underway to ensure that no important historic or archeological properties will be destroyed on the new site. Based upon this information, the Gay Head Light will remain listed in the National Register during its move. Once the lighthouse is moved please provide us with the following: a letter notifying us when the Gay Head Light was moved, photographs of the light on its new site, revised maps, including a USGS map, acreage, and a new verbal boundary description. Upon our review of this material we will provide a final decision on whether the Gay Head Light will remain listed in the National Register.

We look forward to hearing from you after the Gay Head Light has been relocated. Please let us know if we can provide further information or assistance.

Sincerely, (Sgd) Patrick Andrus Patrick Andrus, Historian National Register of Historic Places

bee: 2280 Basic File Retained In 2280 FNP: PAndrus:OP:05/06/2015:s:\NR:\nr_ correspondence\GayHeadLightMove RECEIVED 2280 JUL 1 5 2016 Nat Reg ister of Historic Places The Commonwealth of Massachused~ ational Park Service William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth July 12, 2016 Massachusetts Historical Commission Mr. J. Paul Loether, Chief National Register of Historic Places Department of the Interior National Park Service 1201 Eye Street, NW 8th floor Washington, DC 20005

RE: Gay Head Lighthouse, Aquinnah (Dukes County), Massachusetts

Dear Mr. Loether:

The Gay Head Lighthouse, Aquinnah, Massachusetts, was moved to its new location between May 30 and June 1, 2015, to aid in its preservation. Under National Registerr of Historic Places regulations 36 CFR 60.14 (b), the Massachusetts Historical Commission requested, and you approved, that the lighthouse remain listed in the National Register during the move.

In accordance with the guidance provided in your letter of May 11, 2015, I am writing to request that the Gay Head Light remain listed in the National Register. As requested, we are providing you with the following: photographs of the light on its new site, revised maps, including a USGS map, acreage, and a new verbal boundary description.

Please let me know if there is any more information that you require to continue the listing of the Gay Head Lighthouse in the National Register.

Sincerely, ~S1~ Brona Simon State Historic Preservation Officer Executive Director Massachusetts Historical Commission

Enclosures

Cc: Bettina Washington, THPO, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) Adam Wilson, Town Administrator, Town of Aquinnah Leonard Butler, Chair, Lighthouse Relocation Committee Chairperson, Aquinnah Historical Commission

220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, Massachusetts 02125 (617) 727-8470 • Fax: (G17) 727-5128 www. sec. state. ma. us/mhc RECEIVED 2280 JUL 1 5 2016 Nat Register nf Historic Places The Commonwealth of Massachused~ ational Park Service William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth July 12, 2016 Massachusetts Historical Commission

Mr. J. Paul Loether, Chief National Register of Historic Places Department of the Interior National Park Service 1201 Eye Street, NW 8th floor Washington, DC 20005

RE: Gay Head Lighthouse, Aquinnah (Dukes County), Massachusetts

Dear Mr. Loether:

The Gay Head Lighthouse, Aquinnah, Massachusetts, was moved to its new location between May 30 and June 1, 2015, to aid in its preservation. Under National Registerr of Historic Places regulations 36 CFR 60.14 (b ), the Massachusetts Historical Commission requested, and you approved, that the lighthouse remain listed in the National Register during the move.

Please let me know if there is any more information that you require to continue the listing of the Gay Head Lighthouse in the National Register.

Sincerely, ~S1~ Brona Simon State Historic Preservation Officer Executive Director Massachusetts Historical Commission

Enclosures

220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, Massachusetts 02125 (617) 727-8470 • Fax: (617) 727-5128 www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc