BY LANDY ERLICK Bruce MacDonald is the President of Ashwood Restoration. He has worked with many notable historic site professionals, architects, and preservationists, including craftsmen at Historic Hudson Valley, Philip Johnson, Toshio Odate, Stuart Elliot, members the National Trust for…
Read More The Iceman Cometh: An Interview with Bruce MacDonald
BY LANDY ERLICK The Jay Ice House restoration process is well under way (to catch up, see The 3 R's: Restoration, Recovery, Revival). Last week, the doors were spliced, painted with a base coat, and safeguarded with borate crystals. Now, the connecting…
Read More Restoration Approaches the Final Threshold
BY LANDY ERLICK The ice house here at the Jay Heritage Center is over one hundred and twenty years old. While the structure itself may date back to around 1890, many of the surrounding stone walls are actually rooted in…
Read More The 3 R’s: Restoration, Recovery, Revival
Jay Heritage Center at the Jay Estate 