The winning lighthouse with its architects Tate, left, Derek, Leigh, and Theo Fairchild-Coppoletti. — Photo by Sam Moore
All hands were on deck making tiny lighthouse features. — Photo by Sam Moore
Kate Athearn puts frosting on her team’s lighthouse. — Photo by Sam Moore
Mabelle Felipe works on a gingerbreadlight house. — Photo by Sam Moore
A candy-coated lighthouse gets it’s finishing touches. — Photo by Sam Moore
Aquinnah lighthouse keeper Ally Reed, left, and Edgartown keeper Wade Johnson discuss the merits of a gingerbread lighthouse. — Photo by Sam Moore
A finished rendition of the Edgartown light. — Photo by Sam Moore
Ally Reed admires a completed lighthouse. — Photo by Sam Moore
Museum Education Director Ann DuCharme, left, admires a lighthouse built by Tate and Theo Fairchild-Coppoletti and their family. — Photo by Sam Moore
Alisun Armstrong, Kate Athearn, and Danielle Zerbonne with their fully wreathed candy lighthouse. — Photo by Sam Moore
Judges Wade Johnson and Allison Reed had a hard time deciding on the victor of Friday’s contest. — Photo by Sam Moore
The winning lighthouse, awash in sweets. — Photo by Sam Moore
The winning lighthouse with its architects Tate, left, Derek, Leigh, and Theo Fairchild-Coppoletti. — Photo by Sam Moore
The Martha’s Vineyard Museum in Edgartown hosted a gingerbread house competition with a Vineyard twist last Friday evening: Islanders teamed up to build gingerbread lighthouses with a variety of sweet treats. Wade Johnson and Ally Reed, lighthouse keepers at the Edgartown and Gay Head Lighthouses, used their expertise to judge the completed lighthouses. In the end, the winning architects were Tate, Derek, Leigh, and Theo Fairchild-Coppoletti.
