[MassHistPres] Wrought iron fence restoration

[Dennis De Witt]

In 2015 Jim & Minxie Fannin oversaw the successful restoration of an iron lot enclosure fence in Brookline’s Walnut St. Cemetery.

See https://obg.aboutbrookline.com/preservation/cook.html

Dennis De Witt
Brookline


> On Jun 25, 2018, at 10:18 AM, kaethe at comcast.net wrote:
> 
> The Sandwich Historical Commission is preparing a CPA grant application to restore wrought iron fencing on one 1804 burial ground and wrought iron gates at a 1663 burial ground. These wrought iron pieces were of course added during the Victorian era. 
> We have had some very qualified vendors out to view the work to be done and so far have two estimates for the work. Our problem is that we do not know the materials specifications to include in the eventual RFP. 
> 
> We have done about a half dozen CPA grants to document and then restore stones in both these burial grounds, so we have that ‘down’, but we have never written an RFP for wrought iron restoration. Does anyone out there have experience with this?
> 
> Thank you. 
> 
> Kaethe O. Maguire
> kaethe at comcast.net <mailto:kaethe at comcast.net>
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