Our logo depicts the Sankaty Head Lighthouse, located on Nantucket Island.
Sankaty Head Lighthouse, Nantucket Island.
When we established Virginia Wills, Trusts & Estates, we chose a lighthouse logo for many reasons. A lighthouse guides you away from danger and towards safety. That is an important part of our mission. And there is a combination of confidence, beauty and simplicity to a lighthouse that we hope to mirror in small ways in the services that we provide.
The lighthouse on our logo is not a generic lighthouse. It depicts the Sankaty Head Lighthouse located on the east coast of Nantucket Island, near the village of ‘Sconset. It was built in 1849 and has been an active aid to navigation for over 160 years. In 2007, it was moved about 400 feet from its original location – and in the process lost its spot on the “Doomsday List” of endangered lighthouses. More information on this historic lighthouse is available at Sconset Trust.
It was also within sight of the Sankaty Head Lighthouse that Tom Nolan proposed marriage to Jane Churchill in 1983.