A fourteen month project which entailed the complete restoration of the Tower exterior was completed in May, 1999. The project was the first restoration in the Montauk Point Lighthouse Tower's history. The restoration involved securing the interior rubble behind the main tower wall, repairing the upper deck and all of the iron work, securing and repairing all of the sand stone blocks, repointing the entire exterior, and finally applying two coats of paint. Because of the severe weather conditions at Montauk Point, constant maintenance is mandatory in order to preserve this national historic landmark. Or you may make a donation by credit card .
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The Montauk Point Lighthouse Museum Committee's first goal was to save the Montauk Point Lighthouse from falling into the sea. Under the direction of Richard F. White, Jr. Chairman of the Montauk Point Lighthouse Museum Committee, Georgina Reid who discovered the process of preserving the bank of the Lighthouse, and Greg Donohue who along with Georgina Reid stabilized both the bank and base of this historic landmark, thereby halting it from falling into the sea. This project began back in the mid 1970's and was completed in April, 2000. In the spring of 2000 a second major project began and that was to completely restore the exterior of the Montauk Point Lighthouse Tower. This was the first restoration of the Montauk Point Lighthouse Tower in its over 200 year history.