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2010 Recipient of the Holland Award Founded in 1994 as a new addition to the lighthouse preservation movement with a national scope but a special focus on New England lighthouses, the American Lighthouse Foundation has emerged as a valued contributor to the effort to preserve the history and lore of lighthouses as well as the structures themselves. Created in 1994 as the New England Lighthouse Foundation by a small group led by Lighthouse Digest and Lighthouse Depot founder Tim Harrison, who served as its president for the first 13 years, ALF has as its goals to save and preserve the nation’s historic light stations and their rich heritage, to halt the decline of this treasured but fragile resource, to garner support for preservation efforts and to enhance the educational and cultural values associated with lighthouse history. To that end, in particular, the foundation has staged conferences and developed a “Kids on the Beam” program. Advocating for lighthouse projects and lobbying for preservation resources, the foundation – currently run by executive director Robert Trapani Jr. with Jeremy D’Entremont as historian – has added chapters throughout New England. Its Museum of Lighthouse History, an independent
venture from 2005 through 2007, has been merged into the Maine
Lighthouse Museum, benefiting visitors interested in the lighthouse
heritage of the Northeast coasts. |
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