[MassHistPres] Concrete inspection and restoration

[Cwkmail at aol.com]

In Shrewsbury, we have a concrete  pergola that needs inspection.  Built in 
the early 1900s, the pergola's  columns seem sound, but the lintels have 
deteriorated.  We want to know  whether the pergola can be restored.  
 
Can anyone recommend someone who does  such inspections? 
 
We'd like to save the pergola, if  possible, because it's the only surviving 
remnant of the estate,  "Juniper Hall," of local carpet manufacturer Matthew 
John Whittall (1843 -  1922).  (See:  
_http://www.whittalllodge.org/biography.html_ (http://www.whittalllodge.org/biography.html)   .)  The pergola was the  
centerpiece of a vast garden which celebrities once visited and which is now  
being slowly restored.  
 
Christopher W. Kirk 
Shrewsbury Historical Commission 
Shrewsbury, Mass.