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c.1844 |
First
Presbyterian Church,
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c.1793 |
United
Church of Christ,
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c.1793 | First
Parish of Sudbury, Sudbury, MA. The congregation of this 18th century meeting house wished to return its appearance to as close to original. as possible. The plasterwork consisted of spot reattachment, as needed, modern overhead lights removed and the holes filled with a lime/hair plaster.
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c.1891 |
Chorus
of Westerly, This world-renowned choral group had a deconsecrated gothic church with perfect acoustics. Traffic vibrations had caused extensive cracking throughout the building. Water leaks had caused the window molding returns to fail. It was very important to preserve the existing acoustics. Patching the loose areas with a modern plaster would have changed this. The decision was made to do a complete reattachment and crack fill, preserving the historic in
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c. 1845 |
First Church of
Christ,
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c. 1870 |
Southport
Congregational,
While
having its slate roof replaced this stone church suffered water damage to
its plaster. While the interior painting was planned the plaster damage
added a time element to the scheduled weddings. The plaster conditions
were evaluated. The local painting crew was trained in the stabilization
of the plaster through acrylic adhesives. Along the way a signs of an
ornate decorative paint scheme was noticed. The missing plaster was
replaced with a lime/goat hair formulation and the entire plaster ceiling
was evaluated via observation from the reverse as well as from through the
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