Lannan Gallery of Nautical Antiques & Decor

OUR STORY | THE LANNAN SHIP MODEL GALLERY | C. 1967

THE LANNAN SHIP MODEL GALLERY BEGAN IN 1967 IN QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS.

After selling his business, South Shore Wholesale Tire, Joseph G. Lannan, Jr. (1926-2011), a former merchant mariner and graduate of Mass Maritime Academy, began selling model boats and nautical antiques in the basement of the home he shared with his wife Kathie and two sons, Joe and Larry.

Larry and Joe worked with their dad fixing model boats, interacting with clients and polishing brass. Growing up around model boats, Joe and Larry learned a lot about antiques and the history of yachting while working for their dad and soon developed strong entrepreneurial skills and a steadfast and dedicated work ethic.

Joe Lannan took his two sons on buying trips to antique markets and frequented maritime museums where their knowledge of the market and it’s merchants grew; cementing the roots of the maritime business within the family.

And the Lannan maritime roots run deep!

Migrating from Ireland, mariner George Lannan (c. 1809-1889) settled in Prince Edward Island Canada where he and his wife Ellen (c. 1819- 1884) had three children.

The only boy, Joseph Lannan (b. 1834-1881) also a mariner by trade, married Matilda McDonald (b.1839-1920) and began a family in 1860, eventually raising 5 boys between Charlottetown, PEI and Halifax, Nova Scotia. Around 1875, three generations of Lannans settled in South Boston, Massachusetts.

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