$1.6m project will restore Victorian mansion.Wank Adams Slavin Associates LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol has been retained again by The Preservation Society of Newport County The Preservation Society of Newport County is a non-profit organization based in Newport, Rhode Island. It is Rhode Island's largest and most-visited cultural organization. The organization's mission is to preserve the architectural heritage of Newport County, Rhode Island. (PSNC PSNC Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center (Poland) PSNC Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (United Kingdom) PSNC Public Service Company of North Carolina PSNC Pacific Steam Navigation Company ) to restore the exterior of Chateau-sur-Mer, another historic mansion in Newport, Rhode Island Newport is a city in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, about 30 miles (48 km) south of Providence. It is the home of Naval Station Newport, housing the United States Naval War College, the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, and a major United States Navy training center. . The $1.6 million project will restore the facades of this palatial Victorian mansion to counter exterior problems that are the result of normal weathering and deterioration affecting a building of its age and proximity to the ocean. The extensive restoration will include masonry repairs, roofing repairs, skylights, veranda woodwork, and metal cornice and decorative pressed metal ornamentation. The two year restoration is expected to begin this spring and be completed in 2006 "Chateau-sur-Mer is a great American structure," said WASA WASA Water And Sewer Authority WASA Water and Sewer Authority (Washington DC) WASA Washington Association of School Administrators WASA Welsh Amateur Swimming Association WASA Wisconsin Agri-Service Association project manager Carl Rothbart. "We are pleased to play such an integral role in the restoration of one of the country's landmark structures. WASA's expertise in historic preservation, roofing restoration and design repairs helped position us for this project." Now operating as a museum, Chateau-sur-Mer is considered to be the first of a new era of "cottages" for the uppermost echelon of wealthy Americans during the Gilded Age. In 1852, Chateau-sur-Mer was built as an Italianate-style villa for a China trade merchant named William Shepard Wetmore
William Shepard Wetmore (January 26, 1801 – June 16, 1862) was an Old China Trade merchant. On January 26, 1801, William S. . It was designed and built by Seth Bradford, a Newport contractor. The house was purchased by the Preservation Society of Newport County in 1969. WASA has already completed a detailed exterior condition study to determine the condition of slate mansard roofs, flat roofs, waterproof membranes and substrates, ornamental metalwork, flashings, roof drainage systems, skylights and exterior masonry including all chimneys, windows, porch woodwork and roofing systems. The study revealed that, overall, the facades are in good shape and that the building will respond well to the repair program. |
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