Log Cabin Restoration

Log Cabin Restoration

Introduction Renovating a log cabin is both an involved and deeply rewarding process. This particular cabin, located in Clarke County, Virginia, is difficult to date precisely. Based on the wood quality and workmanship, we estimate its construction to be mid-19th...
Stone House Restoration

Stone House Restoration

This ranks up there with my favorite kinds of projects.  This job entailed the structural upgrades of the oldest (known) house in Stephens City, Virginia.  It is part of the museum called the ‘Stone House Foundation’.  This house is known as the Stone...
Roofing Historical Buildings

Roofing Historical Buildings

At Vintage we have done many roof structure restorations, to prepare an old building for a new roof.  On old work, our historical methodology is that you follow the roof planes as they are.  Flattening the planes ‘sterilizes’ the historical look of an old...
Historic Bank Barn

Historic Bank Barn

This week we started work on a bank barn restoration.  The original barn was built in 1804, and a large addition was added to the back of the barn, creating a cross, in the early 20th century.  One of the long eave walls, which was about 50 feet long, had subsided and...