Restore, Renovate, & Preserve

Vintage specializes in historic properties.  We have a field team, supported by our traditional workshop.  The reason for our workshop is to be able to achieve the quality level that we need for the buildings in which we work.  We are able to replicate any type of millwork.

We incorporate the knowledge that we have gained through our preservation and restoration work into our renovations and new construction.  We have studied historic materials, and have opinions about the proper way to renovate a home or construct new period additions; the key to building a top quality addition that will last lies in the historic structures around us.  Quality materials like lime mortar, brick, slate, copper, and stucco are long-lasting and low maintenance.  Proper flashings and roofing, and high foundations are essential to water management.  Our new construction incorporates traditional materials and building methods that stand the test of time.

Because there was no standardization before the industrial revolution, each building is truly unique, and from each project we learn tricks and methods that we can apply to subsequent work. 

From eighteenth century stone, brick, and wood frame buildings, to log cabins, we enjoy the challenge and interesting work presented by the historic buildings around us. 

We follow, The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties for all grant aided and non-grant aided preservation projects.  These standards, first issued in 1978 by the Secretary of the Interior provide critical practices for historic preservation.  We care about using these high standards in all our preservation projects because we have a desire to protect the old forms, features, and materials in old buildings.  As stated in the standards linked above, “preservation is the appropriate treatment when the objective of the project is to retain the building as it currently exists.”