Through the holidays of Valentine’s Day and President’s Day, February is a time to celebrate love and leadership. In honor of President’s Day and the birthdays of Lincoln and Washington this month we are taking a look back at the Award-winning Fulton County Courthouse Restoration project. The main and unique feature of this courtroom space is the numerous murals and tondos. Part of this restoration project included the conservation of fourteen paintings: 10 murals and 4 tondos portraits of early American political leaders, including two of the leaders who celebrate birthday’s this month, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Each of these paintings were evaluated in order to identify an individual plan of action and the best solution for cleaning, restoring, and preserving these paintings. The original oil on canvas presidential tondo portraits were removed for cleaning and inpainting utilizing conservators’ methods and materials in our studio then marouflaged back onto the courthouse walls. To read more on the Fulton County Courthouse restoration project or paint restoration process and techniques check out the below links.
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The Art of Historic Architectural Woodwork
Architectural woodwork is the product of a creative mind taking the form of beautiful elements for both functional and decorative purposes. This blog takes a look at the art of historical architectural woodwork.
Yale University, Battell Chapel Restoration
Last month we took a look at the restoration of the Sterling Memorial Library. This month we are sharing a blog on one of John Canning & Co’s. earliest historic preservation projects in Connecticut, Battell Chapel, also at Yale University. Battell Chapel was also our first comprehensive church restoration in the United States. This blog provides a closer looks into the Battell Chapel restoration.
The First Church of Christ's meetinghouse in Woodbridge,Connecticut anchors the town center and is designated on the National Register of Historic Places. There has been an on-going effort to restore the historic sanctuary. The Fairfield Citizen article "Woodbridge church visitors ‘awestruck’ by restoration work" discusses some of the ceiling restoration work we performed in the sanctuary of the Church to restore to its original 1880 trompe l’oeil decoration.
The Boston Society for Architecture is a community committed to improving the quality of life for everyone through architecture and design. We had the pleasure of presenting a AIA CE session at their February monthly meeting, If your organization is interested in one of our session, you can check out the current CE offerings here.
APT Northeast is a chapter of the Association for Preservation Technology International. We are proud to be a member of APTI and APTNE and support their mission in promoting the best technology for conserving historic structures and their settings. If you are interested in finding out more, the 2022 APTNE Annual Meeting & Symposium is approaching with the theme of Technology Walking the Preservation Tightrope.
Friday, February 25, 2022
9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Hudson, NY
In-Person and Virtual All-Day Symposium
Check out this latest blog from the National Trust, "Watch the Drama Unfold at These 6 Historic Opera Houses", which looks at some of the recent and ongoing restoration efforts at a few Opera Houses. One of the venues discussed includes the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House who has been performing some seating upgrades. We were part of previous restoration efforts that included re-gilding the foyer, the auditorium, the proscenium, the mezzanine boxes and all interior architectural elements throughout the War Memorial Opera House.
Check out the Canning 45th Anniversary Retrospective...
All last year we continued to share and expand this page to celebrate our 45th Anniversary, with project highlights, fun facts, stories, photos and more. If you haven't had a chance yet, check it out!
We understand the importance in sharing our expertise and knowledge in our field. Besides the monthly newsletter and blogs we post, we also develop and share downloadable resources to help guide you in your conservation, preservation and restoration projects. Check out the Resources page and see if any of the resources can help answer some of your questions and provide a better understanding of some of the intricacies in the preservation field.
Check out our newest Downloadable Resource below.
Historic theatres touch people’s lives so intimately and are such a vital component of the communities that they reside in and it is extremely important that we maintain and restore them. This Theatre Guide provides some examples of our restoration and conservation work in Theatre & Entertainment Spaces.
As a national nonprofit preservation organization, the National Trust for Historic Preservation works to save America's historic places and is a great resource for anyone looking to learn more or get involved.
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