Olana State Historic Site
Scope
2001 | Hudson, New York
JHPA was retained by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation to oversee and design the exterior restoration of the main house at Olana - the historic family home of famed Hudson River School landscape painter Frederic Edwin Church that is, today, a National and State Historic landmark with a house museum and a public park.
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The house’s restoration was broken into three phases:
Phase 1: Repoint and repair Olana’s elaborate brick masonry and restore its exterior woodwork. To conserve as much original fabric as possible, the firm completed a hands-on condition survey of each individual brick on the building and all of its woodwork features.
Phase 2: Reconstruct the Studio Tower and chimneys
Phase 3: Replace and repair of the flat-seam sheet-metal roof and built-in gutters.
