Esopus Meadows Lighthouse Web Site
When The Esopus Meadows Lighthouse Commission was looking for a creative firm to redesign their online presence and means of recruiting interest and donations, they turned to theMechanism.
- Client: Esopus Lighthouse Commission
- Industry: Non-for-profit
- Service(s): Web site design
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Esopus Lighthouse HomepageClick to see larger image.- Esopus Lighthouse Web Site DetailClick to see larger image.
- Esopus Lighthouse Web Site DetailClick to see larger image.
- Esopus Lighthouse Web Site DetailClick to see larger image.
Background
The Esopus Meadows Lighthouse, fondly nicknamed the “Maid of the Meadows”, was completed in 1871. It replaced an earlier structure built in 1839 on land ceded to the United States Government from the state of New York. A lighthouse was needed on the Hudson River to warn mariners of the mud flats known as the Esopus Meadows located off the western shore of the river.
In 1979, the Esopus Meadows Lighthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The road to restoration didn’t really begin until 1990 when the Save Esopus Lighthouse Commission was formed. The concerned volunteers, under the direction of Arline Fitzpatrick, leased the site from the Coast Guard and began extensive restoration efforts.
Solution
theMechanism spearheaded an effort to redesign the site for the non-for-profit organization due to the parental connection with theMechanism’s founder, Dave Fletcher and the last keeper of the Esopus Meadows Lighthouse, Stanley Fletcher. The new site was redesigned to be web-standards compliant, and features blogs, an interactive timeline, photogalleries and many other exciting features.
- Client: Esopus Lighthouse Commission
- Industry: Non-for-profit
- Service(s): Web site design
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