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Talks & Presentations:
Upcoming
talks and presentations will be posted as the are scheduled.
Project Updates:
Completed: Restoration
of damaged floors at
Rhodes Hall,
Atlanta
,
Ga.
Work has been completed on the den floor at Rhodes Hall that had
sustained termite damage. This
was the second restoration of the den floor within the last dozen years.
It had been part of the first floor restoration that took place
in 1992 and termite damage had been found and repaired during that
restoration as well. Passive
Refinishing was relied upon to remove the existing coatings and allow
for the refinishing of the den floors without substantial loss of wood.
Passive Refinishing has helped to preserve and protect the 100
year old floors and stop the needless loss of original materials due to
traditional refinishing methods. Rhodes
Hall is the headquarters for the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation
and is open to the public for tours, weddings and other social events.
For additional information, please visit their web site at: http://www.georgiatrust.org/index.htm
Restoration:
Scheduled
at The
Washington
Club, Washington
,
DC
.
 Details have been
finalized for starting the restoration process of the wood floors at The
Washington Club, also known as Patterson House, in
Washington
,
DC
.
The multi-phase project will begin in July of 2006 and will focus
on the second floor ballroom. The
floors are quarter sawn, white oak installed in a herringbone pattern.
Patterson House was built in 1902 and was designed by renowned
architect Stanford White. Located
at
15
Dupont Circle
, Patterson House served as
a temporary White House during the Coolidge administration.
It is the only intact example of White’s architecture in the
nations capital. It has been
the home of the Washington Club since 1951.
The Washington Club was founded in 1891 as a ladies private
social club for literary and educational purposes.
Currently, club is an urban oasis for its members who are women
and men, young and old, city dwellers and suburbanites.
The restoration work will be coordinated by the Patterson House
Preservation Foundation under the guidance of Mrs. Maribelle Moore.
For more information about the Washington Club and Patterson
House, please visit their website at: http://thewashingtonclub.com/index.htm
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