Restoration Projects

Restoration Projects:

Alexander Hamilton Custom House
One Bowling Green, New York, New York

• Conservation of four Daniel Chester French sculptures in Tennessee amrble, central cartouche by Karl Bitter, and 12 allegorical figures which represent the United States' trading partners.
• Water-mist and poultice cleaning, repointing and recarving missing elemnts.
• Determined and documented treatments with conservator.

30 Rockerfeller Plaza
New York, New York

• Conservation of four monumental 1933 limestone bas-relief sculpture groups by Leo Friedlander.
• Water-soak cleaning and pouliticing.
• Repaired with carved Dutchmen, patching, epoxy injection, grouting and pinning.
• Disassembled south group, repaired structural cracks, recarved missing elements and installed with new stainless stell frame.
• Documented condition and treatments with reports and photos.

One Rockerfeller Plaza
New York, New York

• Conservation of two polychromed limestone bas-relief sculptures, Commerce and Industry and Joy of Life by A. Piccirilli.
• Retained conservator to perform conditions survey and paint analysis and propose treatments.
• Repointed sculptures and recarved missing elements.

55 Wall Street
New York, New York

• Located matching granite for 1842 building.
• Removed rusting anchor steel.
• Dutchman repair of broken ashlar and column flutes.

Grand Central Terminal
New York, New York

• Repaired and recarved missing sections of colossal limestone Mercury sculpture group.
• Stone replacement at cornice.

Capel Hall, Gallaudet University
Washington, D.C.

• Fabricated and installed 300 hand-tooled Portland brownstone replacement units in 8" think veneer.

Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
5th Avenue at 55th Street, new York, New York

• 3-year facade restoration employing 20 carvers, cutting back Dekosit-coated brownstone ahlar to sound stone, recarving ornaments in situ.
• 1991 Award for Best Not-For-Profit Restoration from the Municipal Art Society.
• 1991 Restoration Award from the Preservation League of New York.
• 1992 Presidential Historic Preservation Award from the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.

Church of the Intercession
New York, New York

• Restored fire-damaged main enterance.
• Carved limestone unit replacement, granite Dutchmen repair, patching and repointing.
• Reset bluestone pavers and granite steps; repointed cheek walls.
• Coordinated restoration of oak doors.

Church of the Annunciation
Crestwood, New York

• Reapir of limestone door and window surrounds.
• Removal, refabrication and replacement of bluestone pavers and steps.

West Point Cadet Chapel
Highland Falls, New York

• Patched, reset and repointed limestone tracery on 6 stained glass windows.

Church of the Highlands
White Plains, New York

• Replaced deteriorated limestone band course units.
• Repointed random schist walls.

St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Yonkers, New York

• Restoration, waterproofing, removal and rebuilding of damaged schist and precast parapet.

Church of St. Mary the Virgin
New York, New York

• Repaired and reset fallen pinnacle.
• Recarved broken crockets.

Old Westbury Gardens
Old Westbury, New York

• Stabilized neo-Classical Italian limestone gate by selective replacement, Dutchman repair, patching and repointing.

The Economist
111 West, 57th Street, New York, New York

• Statuary restoration.
• Replacement of lettered band course with matching stone.
• Relettering of building interior.

Columbia University
120th Street Enterance, New York, New York

• Removed and reset granite piers. Cleaned and repaired granite. Fabricated missing elements.
• Repaired and restored iron fence and gate.

Columbia University
120th Street Enterance, New York, New York

• Removed and reset granite piers. Cleaned and repaired granite. Fabricated missing elements.
• Repaired and restored iron fence and gate.

New Jersey State House Annex
Trenton, New Jersey

• Disassembly, investigation and reassembly of limestone balustrade, cornice and parapet.
• Cleaning, pointing and patching of limestone facades and granite.

Cathedral of St. John the Divine
1047 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, New York

• Designed and built 55 feet of the Tower of St. Paul with over 5,000 stones in 7 years.
• 1993 Application Award from ational Computer Graphics Association CAD Society.
• Trained over 100 apprentices in stone cutting and carving.
• Carved in situ the figures for the west portal.
• Fabricated and installed Columbarium of limestone and marble.
• Fabricated and installed marble Compass Rose in choir.
• Lettering in the slate for Poet's Corner.

The Jewish Museum:
1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street, New York, New York

• Designed, engineered, and fabricated ornate Gothic limestone facade for museum annex to match C.P.H. Gilbert's 1908 Warburg Mansion.
• 1992 Arthur Ross Craftsman Award from Classical America.
• 1993 Civitas Award.
• 1993 Award for Excellence from Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts.

Federal Triangle Building
Washington, D.C.

• $27.3M consortium contract with G.S.A. by Tompkins Builders. Cathedral Stoneworks, and Miller Druck to design, engineer, fabricate and install limestone cladding for the second largest Federal building in America, requiring over 42,000 stones.

Western Presbyterian Church
Washington, D.C.

• In joint venture with Brisk Waterproofing, recreated 1930's church exterior built of locally-quarried ledgestone with limestone trim.
• Fabricated 5,000 cu. ft. of Indiana limestone for windows, trim, and entrance of church and addition.
• Carved and installed 34 Gothic-style limestone tracery windows.
• Set all stone and brick work and interior block.
• Waterproofed foundation.

State Farm Mutual Insurance Co.
New Seaboard Regional Office Building
Frederick, Maryland

• Design, engineering and fabrication of 20,000 cu. ft. of Alabama limestone flatwork, split face, band courses, coping and trim.

Carnegie-Mellon University,
College of Fine Arts
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Carved five monumental niches in a variety of historic architectural styles from Hornbostle/Rosenblatt designs.
• 1991 Award for CAD/CAM Excellence from Engineering News-Record.

Huffington Library
Culver Militray Academy, Culver, Indiana

• Designed and carved 24 allegorical panels depicting the spiritual and technological progression of humankind.
• Carved four 5-foot high Corithian capitals.
• Fabricated four 22-foot high limestone columns.

Denver Post Office/Federal Courts
Denver, Colorado

• Fabricated over 700 linear feet of Colorado marble profiled balustrades, steps, momolithic pedestals and Dutchmen for exterior restoration.
• Fabricated 8 types of profiled and flat interior marble for courtrooms and public spaces.
• Field measurement, drafting and site supervision.

Foley Square Federal Courthouse
New York, New York

• Fabricated over 4,000 cu. ft. of profiled and flat Vermont marble for lobby.

Queens County Criminal Courthouse
Queens, New York

• Fabricated 7,200 cu. ft. of Alabama limestone panels and copings.

University of Maryland
Health & Science Building
Baltimore, Maryland

• Fabricating over 13,000 cu. ft. of Indiana limestone trim, veneer, columns and landscape features.
• Supplying granite bases, trim and curbs.

United States Lines Building
One Broadway, New York, New York

• Fabricated replacement Indiana limestone for fast-track facade restoration.
• Supplied 1,800 sq. ft. of veneer and 800 lin. ft. of 18 different profiles for lintels, voussoirs and moldings.
• Matched and fabricated Vermont marble panels..

The Trinity and U.S. Realty Buildings
111-115 Broadway, New York, New York

• Using old photgraphs and computer design, fabricated 20,000 cu. ft. of profiled limestone and granite to restore altered facades.
• 1991 Award for Best Commercial Exterior Restoration from the Municipal Art Society.

Lancaster General Hospital
Lancaster, Pennsylvania

• Fabricated Alabama limestone band courses, coping, panles, window and door lintels and sills, and column enclosures.

Harrison Opera House
Norfolk, Virginia

• Fabricated 4,700 cu. ft. of Alabama limestone panels and trim.

Covenant Hall Presbyterian Church
Charlotte, North carolina

• Fabricated 3,700 cu. ft. of fleuri cut Alabama limestone panels, soffits, band courses and coping.

Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
Montgomery, Alabama

• Fabricated Alabama limestone copings, fascia, sills, window surrounds and paving for gallery addition.

Murray and Murray Office Building
Sandusky, Ohio

• Fabricated 2,600 cu. ft. of Alabama limestone, spandrels, corners, trim, soffit and band coursing.

Davis Law Library, Samford University
Birmingham, Alabama

• Fabricated 1,250 cu. ft. of Alabama limestone profiled cornice, coping and sills.

Stern Residence
Toronto, Canada

• Designed and fabricated stonework for reproduction of 25,000 sq. ft. neo-Gothic mansion with exterior/interior limestone, granite, slate and marble from 17 countries.

Gallina Residence
Brooklyn, New York

• Fabricated Indiana limestone keystones, panels, sills and trim.

The Flemming School/Revlon Building
10 East 62nd Street, New York, New York

• Carved four Corinthian capitals from Vermont marble for restoration of 1906 town house.
• 1991 Restoration Award from teh Preservation League of New York State.

The Coca-Cola Building
711 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York

• Fabricated ornately-carved neoclassical limestone enterance to match existing.

The Alabama Column
Russellville, Alabama

• Carved 23-foot high limestone column in situ, embellished with reliefs depicting state emblems, from concept, design and under the supervision of artist Penelope Naylor.

Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, New York

• Fabricated Indian red Barauli sandstone for Asian galleries.
• Fabricated pedestals for artwork.

Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Lexington Avenue, new York, New York

• Fabricated Indiana limestone units for the repair of original facade.

Devlin Hall, Boston College
Newton, Massachusetts

• Fabricated eleven Indiana limestone Gothic-style window surrounds to replace damaged originals.

Remsen Hall, Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

• Fabricated Alabama limestone elements for facade restoration.

Hong Kong Center
219 East 46th Street, new York, New York

• Fabricated Indiana limestone facades.

St. Antoine's Church
North Smithfield, Rhode Island

• Carved limestone bishop's crest.

Damascus Residence
Greenwich, Connecticut

• Fabricated Alabama limestone balustrades and keystone.