The Next Phase of The Glass House Project Kick Off 2022!

On March 17, 2022, a special convening of the dynamic specialists working on The Menokin Glass House Project gathered at the project site to kick off the next phase of construction beginning this Spring of 2022! Here is an exclusive look at some of the goings on from the day.

Thank you for making this work to save the Menokin Ruin possible. We look forward to keeping you up to date and watching the progress together. Come by and visit us to see it all in action. Contact Megan Schowengerdt for a visit today: mschowengerdt@menokin.org

The Glass House Team pours over design documents of the South Wall to discuss step by step plans on how to rebuild the wall

Project Manager, Naomi Doddington with Consigli Construction leads discussions with the Glass House Team on identifying the precise level for the future interior floors

Glass House team looking for clues, reviews historic photographs of the ruin prior to deconstruction

Menokin Glass House Construction Drawings were developed in 2014 but have gone through several revisions

Historic Architect Calder Loth looks on during the discussions

Surveyor with D&M Surveyors find transom points to identify exactly where interior infrastructure should be placed

Rebuilt historic masonry at the south wall-rebuilt in 2020

Large quoins at the southwest corner. These quoins were originally cut and shaped over 250 years ago to build Menokin.

Stephanie Randazzo Dwyer, Architect Machado Silvetti, (center) discussing with the Glass House Team where the floating Glass floor will be placed above the historic barrel vault

Exposed ends of the remaining historic first floor beams, which can be seen while the west wall of Menokin has been removed

Line placed by construction crews led by Hank Handler, Oak Grove Preservation, to assist the surveyors in identifying the first floor location

Sandstone masonry identified, tagged, and awaiting re-assembly in the west wall

Glass House Team laughing off the stress after detailed discussions on how to create scaffolding around and through many of the architectural features that remain

Bo Tayloe, President of the Menokin Foundation, (white shirt) reviewing historic photos of Menokin with masons with Dominion Traditional Building Group

Hank Handler (right) reviews woodwork with Archaeologist Thane Harpool (left, DATA Investigations) and Ward Bucher, Principal Architect at Encore Sustainable Architects (center)

Menokin would like to thank the following companies and their representatives on their amazing ongoing work to realize the vision of this special project!

Consigli Construction Company
Project Management
Washington, DC

DATA Investigations, LLC
Archaeology
Gloucester Point, VA

Dominion Traditional Building Group
Stone Masonry
Marshall, VA

Encore Sustainable Architects
Historical Architect
Easton, Maryland

John Fidler
Preservation Technology Inc.
Marina Del Ray, California

Machado Silvetti
Design Architecture, Lead Consultant
Boston, Massachusetts

Oak Grove Restoration Company
General Contracting and Consulting: Specializing in Historic Preservation Laytonsville, M

Robert Silman Associates
Structural Engineering
New York, New York

Skanska USA
Owner’s Representative
Washington, DC

Menokin representatives in attendance at the kick off event as their amazing work continues!

James Zehmer, Menokin Board of Trustees

Calder Loth, Menokin Honorary Trustee

Lisa Dickinson Mountcastle, Menokin Board of Trustees

Bo Tayloe, President, Menokin Board of Trustees

The Next Phase of The Glass House Project Kick Off 2022!

Menokin would like to thank the following companies and their representatives on their amazing ongoing work to realize the vision of this special project!

Menokin representatives in attendance at the kick off event as their amazing work continues!

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