BATH
Bath’s Customs House on Front Street received honors Thursday night at the Maine Preservation Awards in Falmouth.
The Customs House was built in 1858 and was later expanded, but time and weather had taken a toll on the building. The Customs House is now a commercial real estate rental building, owned by the city.
A huge problem was the age of the 38 monumental double-hung windows. The objectives for the renovation included returning all the windows to full usability, including reducing air and water infiltration and energy loss.
Each was removed, stripped of its old paint, reglazed, painted, and reinstalled. All the doors were restored with new weather stripping at the same time.
“The preservation-based methodology produced excellent results,” according to the program notes at the awards ceremony. “For this focused and unique project, Maine Preservation is pleased to present an honor award for ther restoration and preservation crafts used in the Bath Customs House.”
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