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Private Preservation Projects

  HISTORIC PROPERTIES WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN RESTORING For a printable version of the complete list of projects we have been involved in, please click here.   Private Projects (To see more pictures of a particular project, please click on the thumbnail.)   1910 Tobacco Warehouse Converted into a single-family residence, this project was featured …

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Preservation in Progress: NIH Building #3, Bethesda, MD

Working on the restoration of a historic building is always awe-inspiring, but working to restore a historic building that once housed the laboratories and research of brilliant medical scientists who advanced our medical knowledge by leaps and bounds over the last 75 years inspires a particular awe. Cornice restoration work by Historic Restorations in progress …

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Applyling Vinyl or Other Synthetic Materials

2. 10 Common Mistakes People Make While Working on their Historic Building.        Structures are historic because the materials and craftsmanship reflected in their construction are tangible and irreplaceable evidence of our cultural heritage. Substitute materials subtract from the basic integrity, historically and architecturally, of buildings. Historic materials should be retained whenever possible. Since wood has …

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