Left image is an artist rendering. Not known if it is accurate.

Right image is a late 19th C view with finials.

1849 spire removed - unstable. "Minarets placed at corners of tower"

1968 spire replaced. Ames architect

 

First Congregational Church, Nantucket, MA

Tower Restoration - Recreation of finials

6/18/2008

Item Date  
Building Chronology 6/18/2008  
11-church-people-outhouse copy of late 19th C  
L1050525 copy of late 19th C  
074341pr Prior to spire reinstallation  
L1030197 copy of 1968 drawing  
074345pr Jack Boucher HABS photo after 1968  
L1030207 2007 photo of tower  
Final Design for restoration of four finials 6/16/2008  
Detailed pdf of final design 6/16/2008