2013 Exterior Rehabilitation Award winner
The Exterior Rehabilitation Award is presented for the most impressive exterior restoration project in Old town Noblesville.
The work the Byrnes have completed on this 1892 Neo-Jacobean home in the Gentleman Farmer’s district proves them to be true caretakers of this beautiful home.
The work they have done will preserve the home for future generations. And the great news is that they aren’t even finished with exterior projects. Great job and good luck!
More on the rehab, in Christine’s words:
“We planned to just do a little tuck-pointing, but like most restoration projects, things kind of snowballed along the way. After a thorough inspection, it was determined that all three chimneys needed to be completely torn down to prevent them from toppling in a storm. They were rebuilt using old bricks handcut to fit and new limestone caps. Rebuilding allowed us to return the decorative Victorian-era profile, previously stripped from the third chimney. Spalling bricks on the south elevation were removed and replaced with bricks hand-cut to size. The original red mortar was returned to the decorative elements that were hidden in a poorly executed previous renovation job. Two cracked limestone sills were replaced and the bowed walls under each one were carefully removed and rebuilt. Portions of the stone foundation under the porch were reconstructed—and then we finally got to that tuck-pointing we originally started out to do. We are happy to report that, since the restoration, we have had no more raccoons enter the master bedroom via the fireplace, so all the extra effort and expense was probably worth it.”
