PLASTERING AT THE PUMPS
Gloucester, Virginia USA – August 2012
A mix of equal parts fun and hard work was the perfect formula for success at this week-long plastering project with The Fairfield Foundation at the Edge Hill Service Station.
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RESTORING A PIECE OF AVIATION HISTORY
New Castle, Delaware, USA – August 2011
A hard-working team of AiP volunteers completely restored 32 windows at the massive Bellanca Air Hangar and still had plenty of time to experience all that historic New Castle has to offer.
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SHUTTER SHOP ON SHORE ROAD
Bronx, New York, USA – August 2011 & 2012
AiP volunteers returned to the Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum to take on a new challenge, this time restoring the mansion’s interior wood shutters.
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GLAZING AT THE GAS STATION
Gloucester, Virginia USA – May 2011
Many hands made light work as volunteers restored the windows of a 1930 Texaco station. They were able to save the original frames and increase the building’s energy efficiency by using their new glazing skills to install energy efficient panes.
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SAVING THE BABAMETO HOUSE
Gjirosaktra, Albania – September 2010
AiP volunteers tackled interior conservation issues at a massive stone tower house in old town Gjirokastra, a World Heritage site. A partnership with Cultural Heritage without Borders, the goal of the project is to provide conservation jobs skills training for local residents and encourage preservation of more of the city’s distinctive architectural heritage.
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CONSERVING A 17TH CENTURY COUNTRY COTTAGE
Brecljevo, Slovenia – August 2010
The focus of our project in Brecljevo, Slovenia, was masonry conservation and correcting mistakes made during past repair work. AiP volunteers discovered secrets of the past both in the cottage and while touring historic sites and towns in this beautiful land.
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GALLETING IN THE GARDEN
Bronx, New York, USA – August 2008, 2009, 2010
AiP volunteers learned the traditional art of galleting while repairing masonry walkways at the Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum. The three-year project to restore the terrace garden to its original 1914 Delano & Aldrich design was completed a year ahead of schedule.
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CREATING AFFORDABLE HOUSING FROM SHOTGUNS
Cairo, Illinois, USA – June 2009
AiP volunteers joined a coalition of community organizations and began restoration of historic shotgun-style houses for use as affordable housing. After 3 months, students and community volunteers had largely completed one house; work on the second shotgun house began in 2010.
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MENTORING YOUNG MASONS AT THE SPEAKER’S HOUSE
Trappe, Pennsylvania, USA – May 2009
Four low-income youth interested in masonry conservation as a career worked and learned under the tutelage of Andy deGruchy to repoint the masonry façade of The Speaker’s House. One trainee was hired immediately following the workshop!
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RECORDING INSCRIPTIONS ON TOWER HOUSES
Gjirokastra, Albania – October 2008
Volunteers from five countries scoured Gjirokastra’s twisting streets and paths to document an intriguing blend of Ottoman, Orthodox, and secular inscriptions on the houses and shops of the city’s historic neighborhoods. This type of historic detailing is being lost as buildings are remodeled; the city now has critical documentation of its historic past.
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RE-PLASTERING THE JEAN [JACOB] HASBROUCK HOUSE
New Paltz, New York, USA – August 2007
Volunteers jumped into this project with both feet – literally – as they used traditional building materials and techniques in restoration work at one of the earliest houses in the French Huguenot settlement of New Paltz.
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HISTORIC FINISHES AT THE DR. DAEMS-CORBETT HOUSE
Virginia City, Montana, USA – July 2007
This historic mining town has some outstanding examples of high-style finishes rarely seen on the hastily built structures of the Old West. Volunteers prepared and restored historic interior and exterior finish materials, including lime-based coatings, paints, varnishes and decorative treatments, providing a valuable boost to preservation efforts in the National Historic Landmark District
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WORKING WITH WALL PAINTINGS AT THE MONASTERY OF SAN GIOVANNI BATTISTA
Serravalle, VT Italy – July 2007
Alma Ortolan, a leading Italian art and fresco conservator, welcomed AiP participants to her hometown to initiate a scientifically-based assessment of the cloister’s 17th century wall paintings and columns. One participant claimed that Alma was both an expert and a natural Italian wonder; and her mom’s Italian cooking was the best.
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DOCUMENTING THE GILBERT BREWERY HOUSE
Virginia City, Montana, USA – July 2006
AiP joined forces with the Virginia City Institute of Preservation Research and Technology to help advance their preservation education program. Little did we know when we selected the Gilbert Brewery House for the project that a descendent of the brewery founders would join our team for the week of documentation work.
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RESTORATION OF THE WEISEL BRIDGE
Quakertown, Pennsylvania, USA – September 2006
Andy deGruchy led an inspired group of AiP volunteers in fully restoring a masonry bridge in just two weeks. Work involved diverting the stream, digging out large tree roots, stabilizing and repointing. Volunteers called the experience “empowering” and credited Andy’s “can do” approach.
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RESTORATION OF THE FRANCIS MILL
Waynesville, North Carolina, USA – July 2004, July 2005, June 2006
AiP volunteers and community members brought the Francis Mill from a state of near-collapse back to a working mill over a three-year period. The mill now provides an education experience for local students and visitors from around the U.S.
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