Every year, as part of its Reliable Lighthouse Restoration Initiative, JELD-WEN provides new windows and doors for one historic lighthouse. This year, North Carolina’s Bodie Island lighthouse (a favored photography subject of Hugh Morton’s) is one of the 12 finalists. Vote now!
Thanks Elizabeth for putting the Bodie Island Lighthouse voting link in this post. I was pleased to vote for this North Carolina landmark.
There is another great Hugh Morton photograph of the Bodie Island Lighthouse in his 2006 book, “Hugh Morton: North Carolina Photographer.” It’s on page 111.
If he had chosen to do so, Hugh Morton could have done a book on just his North Carolina lighthouse photography. Here’s just of few of his lighthouse shots that have appeared on the cover of “The State” magazine.
Cape Fear Lighthouse – December 3, 1949
Cape Fear Lighthouse – March, 1973
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse – January, 1982
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse – May, 1984 (In addition to this great lighthouse shot, there is also a Highland Games piper on this same cover).
Oak Island Lighthouse – August, 1986
Thanks for supporting this initiative! If you’re interested to know where the lighthouse currently stands according to the votes it has received, click here: http://www.jeld-wen.com/pressroom/press.cfm/idcategory/69/idpress/352/home/1. If you have any questions, as always, feel free to contact me at jeld-wen@cmdagency.com. Thanks!
Elizabeth:
Nice follow up to your Bodie Island Lighthouse post of July 31st in this morning’s Wilmington paper:
http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20080921/APN/809210575&tc=email_newsletter
I mean July 18th…sorry.
Bodie Island Lighthouse has been approved for restoration. Work should begin in the fall of this year and be completed within a year. Hopefully, once renovations are done you will be able to climb the 214 stairs to the top once again.
Correction to above: The work on Bodie Island Lighthouse will take 18 months to two years. Hopefully by summer of 2011 or 2012 visitors will be invited to climb to the top!
New information on the Bodie Island Lighthouse:
http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20090913/APN/909130609&tc=email_newsletter