Historic Roof Uncovered

In the summer of 2019, Meadow Garden completed the historic porch restoration project. After this, the crew from Landmark Preservation, LLC started the project to restore the early period roofline on the oldest portion of the home.

Before
After
Meadow Garden Historic Roof Restoration Canal Side
The existing roof was stabilized.
Meadow Garden Historic Roof Restoration Scaffolding
Meadow Garden Historic Roof Restoration Scaffolding
The dormer added by Daughters of the American Revolution was removed as was the DAR period roofline.
Meadow Garden Porch
The early period roofline still in place–cedar shake shingles included.
Meadow Garden Historic Roof Restoration
The hisstoric shingles were removed and carefully stored.
Meadow Garden Roof
New cedar shake shingles were put in place. and now the roof is complete.