Category: Project
The Octagon House has been designated as a National Historic Landmark and is considered one of the most important historic buildings in Washington.
The Durable Restoration Company replaced all failing metal in the dome, which had reached the end of its functional lifespan.
Preservation efforts included replacing the cedar shake roof with an in-kind replacement; repairing and preserving the upper floor windows, trim, and dormers; and, finally, repairing and resetting the upper belltower.
For this project, Durable Restoration performed a full repoint on sections throughout the Embassy as well as spot pointing on lower sections below the balcony.
Besides historic plaster work on the Cloister Sanctuary and Little Chapel, The Durable Restoration Company restored the cemetery's magnificent mahogany doors. The Battery Jameson's undercarriage and the Liberty Bell's headworks were both historically replicated and replaced.
For this project, we repaired and painted areas of decaying wood on the south side of the farmhouse.
The Durable Restoration Company performed granite repair on the historic Hurff A. Saunders Building in Juneau, Alaska.
The Durable Restoration Company consolidated, filled, and painted the wood elements of the house. In extreme cases of damage, the wood needed to be patched or replaced – but this only happened if the damage was beyond repair.
Durable Restoration precisely restored the four missing or broken stones on the bell tower and patched all cracks using historically accurate methods.
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.