Cedarmere was named by William Cullen Bryant, who purchased the forty-acre property in 1843. Bryant constructed the mill in 1862 in the Gothic Revival style. Page Ayres Cowley Architecture was leading a major restoration to the mill and observed...
As they planned for a multi-million dollar renovation to their 164-acre park, the North Carolina Museum of Art commissioned artist Jim Hodges to reinvent their existing smokestack as a permanent art installation. The brick masonry smokestack is...
Designed by McKim, Mead & White, Symphony Hall opened in 1900. The auditorium, a National Historic Landmark, is home to the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO). The BSO hired SGH to investigate the condition of the building enclosure and design...
Mount Greylock, the highest point in Massachusetts, is home to two historic structures: the Veterans War Memorial Tower, built in 1932, and Bascom Lodge, completed in 1937. Both structures are on the National Register of Historic Places as part...
The Hampden County Courthouse was designed by Henry Hobson Richardson and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Constructed in 1871, the courthouse features a thick-walled, gneiss stone facade. SGH assessed the condition of the...
Edgell Memorial Library was constructed circa 1872 and consists of load-bearing masonry walls, double-hung and fixed wood windows, and slate roofs. Built to commemorate veterans of the Civil War, the building originally functioned as a library...
The brick masonry chimney at the Manchester Youth Development Center (YDC) power plant is an 80 ft tall structure that vents the facility’s boilers. Constructed in the first half of the 20th century, the chimney exhibited signs of severe...
The Bellevue-Staten building was constructed in the 1920s in the Art Deco style and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The owners were concerned about the structural integrity of the elaborate rooftop chimneys on the fourteen-story...