Governor's Mansion Renovation All Records
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Note ID: | JL482 | Weather Conditions: | Sunny, mid 70's | Report Author: | Joseph D. Lahendro | Report Date: | 11/5/1999 | Location: | Mansion - First Floor - General | Work Type: | Floor Conservation | Notes: | Video and digital photos of carpenters and conservators working on historic oak parquet flooring. Method of floor refinishing, tested above, was approved for entire first floor historic oak flooring. Carpenter installing small dutchmen in, ballroom floor, to repair damaged sections of flooring. Two laborers scraping paint drips off wood flooring at room perimeters. One conservator stripping existing finish off dining room floor with thinner and 20% tolulene. Two conservators straining new shellac through two layers of cheesecloth. One conservator removing bad floor stains at window wells, with ascorbic acid and light sanding, which will be sealed with shellac prior to refinishing. |
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Note ID: | JL479 | Weather Conditions: | Sunny, mid 70's | Report Author: | Joseph D. Lahendro | Report Date: | 11/5/1999 | Location: | Mansion - First Floor - Ladies Parlor (E/R) | Work Type: | New Finish Application | Notes: | Video and digital photos of newly installed wallpaper and ceiling wallpaper borders. Refinished brass border reinstalled around firebox opening. |
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Note ID: | JL480 | Weather Conditions: | Sunny, mid 70's | Report Author: | Joseph D. Lahendro | Report Date: | 11/5/1999 | Location: | Mansion - First Floor - Old Governor's Office (E/R) | Work Type: | New Finish Application | Notes: | Video and digital photos of newly installed wallpaper. Views of newly installed miniature speakers at underside of north window head, which will be hidden by window curtains (typical for first floor rooms). |
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Note ID: | JL481 | Weather Conditions: | Sunny, mid 70's | Report Author: | Joseph D. Lahendro | Report Date: | 11/5/1999 | Location: | Mansion - First Floor - Stair Hall (E/R) | Work Type: | New Finish Application | Notes: | Video and digital photos of painters applying finish paint coats to stair pickets and stringer ornament. |
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Note ID: | JL475 | Weather Conditions: | Sunny, mid 70's | Report Author: | Joseph D. Lahendro | Report Date: | 11/5/1999 | Location: | Mansion - North Elevation | Work Type: | Miscellaneous | Notes: | Video and digital photos of newly installed new shutters at basement door in new northeast addition. |
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Note ID: | JL478 | Weather Conditions: | Sunny, mid 70's | Report Author: | Joseph D. Lahendro | Report Date: | 11/5/1999 | Location: | Mansion - South Elevation | Work Type: | Miscellaneous | Notes: | Video and digital photos of historic wood torus molding removed from a south portico column, and replaced with a new wood torus molding. Historic torus molding has extensive damage from dry rot and termites, due to absorbing water through its bottom. |
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Note ID: | JL477 | Weather Conditions: | Sunny, mid 70's | Report Author: | Joseph D. Lahendro | Report Date: | 11/5/1999 | Location: | Mansion - South Elevation | Work Type: | Miscellaneous | Notes: | Video and digital photos of south portico showing newly reinstalled light fixture (restored off-site) and newly reinstalled cast iron guard railings at sides of portico, prior to painting. |
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Note ID: | JL476 | Weather Conditions: | Sunny, mid 70's | Report Author: | Joseph D. Lahendro | Report Date: | 11/5/1999 | Location: | Mansion - South Elevation | Work Type: | Miscellaneous | Notes: | Video and digital photos of newly installed steel gates at elevated walkway, prior to painting. |
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Note ID: | JL473 | Weather Conditions: | Sunny, mid 70's | Report Author: | Joseph D. Lahendro | Report Date: | 11/5/1999 | Location: | Mansion - West Elevation | Work Type: | Miscellaneous | Notes: | Video and digital photos of west façade, showing especially newly reinstalled light fixture (restored off-site) in west portico. |
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Note ID: | JL471 | Weather Conditions: | Sunny, mid 70's | Report Author: | Joseph D. Lahendro | Report Date: | 11/5/1999 | Location: | Mansion - West Elevation | Work Type: | Miscellaneous | Notes: | Video and digital photos of windows being installed at north and west walls of new guard station. |
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