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Historic House Disassembly, Scituate, MA

This three-bay, center chimney, east-facing cape was slated for demolition. It was far past the point of being repaired in situ and the...

Winslow House, Marshfield, MA c. 1699

Husk Preservation, INC. removed the previous blue stone caps which had cracks and were leaking. We designed and had fabricated a copper...

Union St., Marshfield, MA c.1743

Husk Preservation, INC. disassemble a mid-1700’s house to save it from demolition. We disassembled every element down to saving all cut...

Slaking Lime

Slaking lime, loading the lime pit to mature the lime.

Main St., Nantucket, MA ~ Private Residence, c. 1838

Amy Boyce, of Husk Preservation, INC. subcontracted on this job to Pen Austin, Artisan and Contractor, Michael Gault, General Contractor,...

Jacob's Farmhouse Museum, Norwell, MA, c. 1726

The chimney below the roofline had substantial sections of spalling bricks due to under-firing. Water getting in around the failing...

Lee St., Marblehead, MA - Private Residence, c. 1710

The beehive oven was near to collapse. We took it down to below it's floor level and completely rebuilt it, using period bricks and lime...

Main St., Nantucket, MA - Private Residence, c. 1850

Under direction of Pen Austin, mason and artisan, we repaired in situ damaged ornate ceiling plaster and moldings. We used traditional...