Conservation Work & Houses

riverdale & queens

English neo-Gothic House

English neo-Gothic House

New York

Conservation of the exterior and restoration of the interior, including the reinstatement of the matching carriage house and the Gothic Style library, of an English neo-Gothic house in New York State overlooking the Hudson River. Constructed in cut granite stone in 1863 for a prominent 19th century industrialist.

Lewis H. Latimer House

Lewis H. Latimer House

Flushing, New York

Conservation, restoration and adaptation into a museum of the 1887 Queen Anne style Lewis H. Latimer House for the City of New York. Former home of the noted African-American inventor, Lewis Howard Latimer and an individually designated landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. Lewis Howard Latimer invented an improved production for light bulb filaments and an improved toilet system for railroad cars. He married Gerald F. Norman, the first black hired as a high school teacher in the New York City public school system.