[MassHistPres] Conservators for monumental restoration

Thu May 12 23:09:55 EDT 2011

Thank you Jade and all for your many helpful 
suggestions. I'm sure that we can find someone to assist us.

I'm sure I will be picking your collective brains 
again soon, as we are working on the 
repair/restoration of the town's oldest house 
(old to us at least) a 1726 center chimney cape 
that we hope to make into a Randolph History 
Center that will provide learning opportunities 
for all ages, but especially hands on 
opportunities for school children. I will spare 
you the rest of the story for now, save that we 
are trying to do so with little money, and that 
being held up by the town manager. Currently 
trying to get Historical Society to take it over 
and get it out of town hands so something can actually be done with it.

Again, thank you all for your helpful suggestions
Henry Cooke
Chairman
Randolph Historical Commission

At 05:47 PM 5/12/2011, heartwood restoration wrote:
>though i am opposed to memorials that honor or 
>glorify weapons of warfare, you may find 
>conservators 
>here: 
><http://restorationandbuildingservices.com/ornamental_metalwork_division.html>http://restorationandbuildingservices.com/ornamental_metalwork_division.html
>
>choose a topic then search under a state....
>
>jade l. mortimer
>heartwood window restoration
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>From: <mailto:lee at leewright.net>Lee Wright
>To: <mailto:masshistpres at cs.umb.edu>masshistpres at cs.umb.edu
>Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2011 5:32 PM
>Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] Conservators for monumental restoration
>This would be a great time to look at 
>alternatives.  A simple listserv used to be a 
>convenient way to share information among group 
>members, but other simple, free/cheap hosted 
>tools have become available in the last ten years.
>In addition to no search, this listserv also . . .
>- Does not have a way to keep documents that we can refer to
>- Does not have a way to keep pictures that we can refer to
>- Does not have a way to set up sub-groups (e..g, by special interest area)
>- Does not have a way to create and build a 
>knowledge base that can be used by us or others
>In addition, the current arrangement doesn't 
>enable us to easily contribute to the broader 
>regional and national discussion.
>As one small example, in May 2008 I posted to 
>Scribd, a widely-used (and free) document 
>publishing/sharing site, the document that 
>someone had compiled that included photos of 
>historic district signs in our state.
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><http://www.scribd.com/doc/3031803/Historic-District-signs-in-Massachusetts-cities-and-towns>http://www.scribd.com/doc/3031803/Historic-District-signs-in-Massachusetts-cities-and-towns
>Since then it's been read more than 4,000 times.
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>- Lee Wright  |  Marlborough, MA
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>On May 12, 2011, at 4:01 PM, Chris Skelly wrote:
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>>Masshistpres does have an 
>>archives.  Unfortunately, it is not easily searchable by key word.  Chris.
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>>Christopher C. Skelly
>>Director of Local Government Programs
>>Massachusetts Historical Commission
>>From: 
>><mailto:masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu>masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu 
>>[mailto:masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu] On Behalf Of Dennis De Witt
>>Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2011 3:49 PM
>>To: MHC MHC listserve
>>Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] Conservators for monumental restoration
>>This is a perfect example of the potential value of this list serve.
>>Chris is there an online accessible list of old strings?
>>Looking for Bronze Statue in my computer, I 
>>find a string from 2005 with the following suggestions:
>>the Stuart Dean company
>>Dædalus Inc., at 205-3 Arlington St., Watertown, MA 02472;
>>the principal is Clifford Craine, 1-800-252-0368.
>>Darius Ferantina
>>24 Russell Street
>>Arlington, Massachusetts  02474
>>781 646 9105
>>  <<<http://art-care.com/>art-care.com>>.
>>
>>Brookline had it's Bronze equestrian statue 
>>restored about 10 years ago.  A call to its 
>>Preservation Commission might get the name of the firm that did it.
>>Dennis De Witt
>>On May 12, 2011, at 3:14 PM, Henry Cooke wrote:
>>
>>Chris and list,
>>The Town of Randolph has undertaken the 
>>refurbishment of its Civil War memorial in 
>>front of Stetson Hall, consisting of a pair of 
>>putting new granite bases under a pair of 
>>bronze civil war howitzers to replace the 
>>crubling concrete ones, and to remove the 
>>hollow cast bronze civil war soldier statue 
>>from its pedestal, repair its bent bayonet, and 
>>replace the corroded metal  pins that 
>>originally held the statue on top of its 
>>granite base. What we need are recommendations 
>>of conservators or other qualified individuals 
>>who can repair the bronze statue while it is 
>>off the pedestal, and replace the pins on the 
>>seven foot high granite pedestal. Any recommendations would be welcome
>>Henry Cooke
>>Chairman
>>Randolph Historical Commission
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