Grave Marker Conservation

Grave Marker Conservation

Grave Marker Conservation TRINITY CHURCH, NEW YORK, NY SERVICES PERFORMED Conservation Treatments Steps from Wall Street, alive with commuters, tourists, workers and residents, lies Trinity Recreation and Replication of Murals & Artwork Episcopal Church’s cemetery. Many inuential New Yorkers are remembered in this historic Stone Conservation cemetery, including: Alexander Hamilton, Elizabeth Schulyer Hamilton, Angelica Schuyler Surveys & Condition Assessments Church, Hercules Mulligan, and Philip Hamilton. Prior to “rural” cemeteries, such as Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn, most New Yorkers were buried in churchyards. PROJECT DETAILS Trinity’s churchyard memorials date back to as far as 1681, through the 1820s, and many of the Construction Manager engraved tombstones are worn. The headstones and plaques were crafted from sandstone, Sciame Construction LLC granite, polished granite, marble, concrete, and bronze. They suered from erosion, corrosion, atmospheric soiling, biological growths (like moss), scratches, spalling, chipping, and sugaring upon beginning the process. EverGreene performed removal, restoration, reinstallation, and oversight of 19 grave markers and removal and resetting of 12 grave markers on the north, south, and west sides of the church. To carry this out, eld investigations, highly detailed documentation system, masonry repairs, lifting and resetting, cleaning (both wet and mechanical), replacements, and dutchman repairs were performed on the tombstones. Due to the dierences in land locations of the plots, age of the headstone, and type of stone used, specic conservation methods were composed for each grave. Two tombs were not t for use, and replications were crafted in place. MORE INFORMATION: https://evergreene.com/projects/trinity-church-grave-marker-conservation/ 253 36th Street, Suite 5-C | Brooklyn, New York, 11232 | (212) 244 2800 | evergreene.com.

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