Category: Historic Brick & Stone
Durable Restoration completed a façade preservation for Akron's 1848 Zion Lutheran Church, restoring the slate steeple and developing a custom-matched historic mortar for precision masonry repair.
Durable Restoration executed exterior conservation at the 1747 Reynolds Tavern, stabilizing its historic Flemish bond brickwork, installing a blended historic slate roof, and fabricating custom copper flashings.
For the Old Treasury Building, Durable Restoration executed historic brick repointing with custom oyster shell lime mortar and installed reclaimed Cypress wood shingles with historically accurate swept valleys.
To combat severe water intrusion, Durable Restoration stabilized the Hardin County Chamber of Commerce through selective masonry repointing and the application of a high-performance Keim Mineral Coating.
We selectively raked out and repointed the masonry with historically appropriate, custom matched lime mortar; repaired the wood elements on the exterior of the building; and recoated the metal roof.
The Stifel Fine Arts Center received a new repaired Ludowici clay-tile roof from The Durable Slate Company, as well as masonry restoration along the parapet wall and underneath the cornice.
The restoration of St. Francis Xavier Church included extensive repointing and stone patching, copper-work, and box gutters.
We undertook slate roof repair, stone façade repair, and exterior carpentry repair, doing our part to transform historic Grosvenor Mansion into Hope Connections.
We restored elements of the roof, the exterior envelope and front porch, windows and doors, as well as the first floor's Council Chambers and dining room.
For 88 State Circle, we removed the damaged mortar, replaced it with historically correct lime mortar, cut the joint to match the original brick, and patched any damaged brick.