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Gallery Category: Lynn Restoration
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Lynn Exterior Restoration Almost Complete
November 14, 2011
It has been an extraordinary opportunity to see the Mary Baker Eddy Historic House in Lynn, Massachusetts, being transformed, and we are happy to report that Phase One of the Lynn restoration is nearing completion. This month the contractor is focusing on those all-important finishing touches, including installing and painting the fence. Earlier this fall we received good news from the City of Lynn when they agreed to change the house number from 12 back to 8 – the number Mrs. Eddy had when she lived here from 1875-1882. We hope you enjoy this photographic tour of the restored exterior and the new accessible entrance. View This Gallery »
Lynn Exterior Restoration: The Final Stages
August 1, 2011
As we reach the final stages of the exterior restoration of the Mary Baker Eddy historic house in Lynn, Massachusetts, the lovely Italianate style of the house, typical of the 1870s, is shining forth. As you look at the house, you will notice how the colors highlight the decorative brackets, pendants, and other architectural elements so typical of the Italianate style. The browns and beiges are meant to suggest a villa in Tuscany. The windows are designed to disappear, and they nearly do with the black-green paint. View This Gallery »
Bundled Up for Winter
January 31, 2011
The Mary Baker Eddy Historic House in Lynn, Massachusetts, is all bundled up for winter. The exterior restoration team buttoned up the project at the end of December in advance of what turned out to be the first of New England’s major winter storms! The work site will reopen in mid-March, with an expected completion date of early June for Phase One. This image gallery takes a look at the Broad Street house at the end of December 2010. View This Gallery »
The Latest in Lynn, Massachusetts
November 22, 2010
As winter approaches, carpenters, masons, and roofers are busily working to complete repairs on the Mary Baker Eddy Historic House in Lynn, Massachusetts. As you’ll see in the following photographs, many clapboards have been repaired or replaced, and primed front and back before being installed. New sections of corner pilasters, fascia boards, soffits, and brackets have been installed where there was serious rot. When the carpenters have completed 50% of their work it will be time for the painters to begin applying a coat of primer and at least one finished coat of paint before the site is closed for the winter. The project will resume in the spring when the team puts the final coat of paint on the house and finishes the vestibule. View This Gallery »
Building the New Vestibule
October 25, 2010
Phase One of our project at the Mary Baker Eddy Historic House in Lynn includes a complete exterior restoration of the house, with accessibility improvements as outlined by the Massachusetts Building Code. In compliance with the building code, a fully accessible vestibule is being built on the east side of the house. This new universal entrance will include a lift to take visitors to the first floor of the house, and also to the basement, where accessible restrooms are being installed. View This Gallery »
Peeling Back the Layers
September 27, 2010
The exterior restoration of the Mary Baker Eddy Historic House in Lynn, Massachusetts, officially got underway in August. Over the course of the project, we’ll be sharing progress reports through a series of image galleries and short video clips. This gallery takes a look at paint removal — one of the first steps in the exterior restoration. View This Gallery »
Breaking Ground in Lynn
June 2, 2010
One hundred and thirty-five years after Mary Baker Eddy purchased the house on Broad Street in Lynn, Massachusetts, this historic structure is about to be transformed back into its original state, so that it will resemble much more closely the house Mrs. Eddy lived in and knew. The exterior restoration of the house in which she founded the Church of Christ, Scientist, is set to begin in just a few weeks. Longyear Museum trustees and staff observed this milestone with a commemorative ground-breaking ceremony at the house on May 18, 2010, as part of the annual trustee and staff meeting. View This Gallery »
Lynn Exterior Restoration: Research and Exploration
April 19, 2010
When Longyear Museum purchased Mary Baker Eddy’s former home in Lynn, Massachusetts, in October 2006, it embarked on a process of research and architectural “detective work” to rediscover the home as Mrs. Eddy knew it. During the past three years, a team of preservation consultants with expert knowledge across many disciplines have examined the house from top to bottom. Their findings are the basis for our restoration plans. This summer, the Museum will begin the first phase of the project — a complete exterior restoration, including a new visitor entrance in the rear, with a lift for improved accessibility. View This Gallery »