by David Logan | Oct 31, 2023 | Building Materials, Restoration
This ranks up there with my favorite kinds of projects. This job entailed the structural upgrades of the oldest (known) house in Stephens City, Virginia. It is part of the museum called the ‘Stone House Foundation’. This house is known as the Stone...
by David Logan | Oct 18, 2023 | Renovation
In 2021, we were asked to do a modern renovation of a house in Leesburg. Because we had renovated a previous house for the same owner, and had also worked with the architect Bill Deegan, we took it on. It was outside of our usual design, but the core of the job was...
by David Logan | Sep 21, 2022 | Architecture, Renovation
The 1881 Superintendent’s House at Elmwood Cemetery in Shepherdstown, WV had the original belfry removed in the early 1970’s. Doug Perks, the cemetery historian says it was removed due to instability after a fire. Vintage was very excited to be chosen to...
by David Logan | Jan 12, 2021 | Architecture, Renovation, Restoration
At Vintage we have done many roof structure restorations, to prepare an old building for a new roof. On old work, our historical methodology is that you follow the roof planes as they are. Flattening the planes ‘sterilizes’ the historical look of an old...
by David Logan | Jan 17, 2020 | Architecture, Building Materials
I was recently studying some details of construction in the UK, and I was struck by several things when learning about their interesting and ancient architecture. First, the usual difference in the use of long lasting materials. The use of stone as roofing, and clay...
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