The National Park Service (NPS) of the Department of the Interior awarded the contract for performing maintenance of monuments at Vicksburg Mississippi at the Vicksburg National Military Park to McKay Lodge Art Conservation, Inc. Twelve of the larger stone and bronze…
https://vimeo.com/140776044 A video in our MASTERS SERIES SOUND: Headphones or speakers are highly recommended. In 2009, we were contracted to remove an exterior Louisiana mosaic and the brick wall to which it was bonded to save the mosaic just ahead…
From Fort Ticonderoga in upstate New York to Boston, Massachusetts, 56 small monuments mark the 56 days of Colonel Henry Knox’s heroic journey in the snowy winter of 1775 transporting artillery down to George Washington to force the British…
PRESS RELEASE Can you name a great champion of human rights who was born on February 12th? A man far ahead of his time, who hated slavery and advocated for its permanent abolition from America? A man described "as pure…
THE OHIO CONSERVATION CENTER: The Lewis County Civil War Monument was erected in 1883. By 1980 the seven foot wide hollow base was caving in and the 30 foot tall monument was starting to lean. By 1998 the problem was…
The Westinghouse Memorial is a monument located in Schenley Park, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It commemorates George Westinghouse (1846 – 1914) a world renowned engineer and inventor. Daniel Chester French was the sculptor for the statue and the main panel, and…
McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory was selected by the Ohio Historical Society to conduct a thorough condition survey of the Victory Monument, the main element of a historical landmark known as Fort Recovery State Memorial located in Fort Recovery, Ohio and maintained…
McKay Lodge, Inc. finished year two of stabilization work on the masonry walls of the historic Central Heating and Refrigeration Plant (CHRP). The Phase II work commenced with a budget of $985,000.00. CHRP is located at 13th and C Streets,…
Cast Iron Drinking Fountain with Gas Lamp - The William Procter Fountain Pat. June 8, 1890 By Henry F. Franks Erected 1894. This cast iron drinking fountain was a gift from Mr. William A. Procter (of Procter and Gamble) to…
The Kearny Park Fountain was dedicated on May 30, 1901. This fountain, a gift of the great local benefactor Mr. Charles Hackley to the people of Muskegon and dedicated to Phil Kearny, is made of cast iron and zinc. In…