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Concord Point Keeper's House #157722 08/11/02 04:19 PM
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The Friends of Concord Point Lighthouse in Havre de Grace, MD have been making progress in restoring the old keeper's house across the street from the lighthouse.

Here's what the house looked like in a December, 2000 photograph:


When we pulled up to the lighthouse this past Wednesday evening, the stone had all been covered by cream colored stucco. I was actually disappointed when I saw all of the stone covered:


But as we were leaving, and I saw the other side of the house (I guess this falls into Paul's "move your feet" category). They have left stucco off of part of the house and some stone is still visible:


As you can see, new windows have been installed as well. I neglected to look inside (shame on me), but I'm sure that interior restoration is happening, or will happen, as well.

Re: Concord Point Keeper's House #157723 08/11/02 05:14 PM
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Larry,

Thanks for the update.

I prefer the stone look myself.

It's probably not historically accurate. Keep us posted

Dennis

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From your photos Larry, it sures looks as though at some point there were buildings attached on either side. Also that the exposed walls were painted or stuccoed (sp?) over. Later that the attached structures were removed and the covering wore off showing more of the stone. While probably not depicting the house in it's original condition the restoration is perhaps targeting a certain period of it's life but leaving the one "hidden" end to show the stone beneath? Quite an interesting concept actually.

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Excerpts from the CG Historian's site offer a few clues:

"Both the conical stone tower, built of Port Deposit granite and coated with “Roman cement”, and a one story keepers dwelling were completed by November of 1827"

"In 1884 the keepers dwelling was expanded with the addition of a second story."

"In 1920 the light was electrified and the keepers dwelling sold. (It became an inn for a while.)"

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I believe the stone portion represents the sides of the original structure and the stucco represents the added on part. This appears to be how it was done originally with the 'addition' simply added on top of the original house.

Re: Concord Point Keeper's House #157727 08/13/02 04:06 AM
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Larry thank you for the interesting update and pictures. It's great that there are folks out there saving these historically significant structures.

Ron
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I believe that John has solved the mystery! smile


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