SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK
MIMIC
The First Reformed Church, first organized in 1674,
had several different locations before the current one
at Union and Church Street which was built in 1863.
A major fire in 1948 destroyed almost all of the church,
leaving only the four stone walls standing. The architectural
landmark designed by the highly regarded Victorian-Gothic
architect Edward Tuckerman Potter, was restored after the
1948 fire. Edward Tuckerman Potter, an ecclesiastical
specialist, designed many well-known projects including
the Union College's Nott Memorial (Graduates' Hall) in
Schenectady, and Mark Twain's residence in Hartford.
The brownstone had deteriorated on the row of arches
or blind arcade, the buttresses, decorative bands and
needed to be restored. Water and the harsh elements had
caused exfoliation of the stone. The contractor carefully
prepared the substrate and applied a hand-applied,
stone repair mortar to recreate the original appearance
and profile of the brownstone.
Time Frame – Summer - Fall 2004
Architect
Cataldo,
Waters & Griffith
Architects PC,
Schenectady, NY
Contractor
Ganem
Contracting Corp.,
Clifton Park, NY
Distributor
Barker Steel
Company Inc.,
Albany, NY
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