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The Florence Griswold Museum Restoration was a special project that melded state of the art construction materials and techniques with the historic fabric of a house built in circa 1818 that housed priceless impressionist artwork. Much of the artifacts were removed from the house but not all could be.  The famous "Fox Chase" painting remained on the fireplace throughout the project as well as numerous items left in the storage room in the basement.  The three goals of the project were to structurally stabilize the roof structure, restore the building envelope as well as the building interior, and to locate all mechanical and electrical systems out of the house into an attached addition that would house a state of the art geothermal system that would maintain a museum quality environment within the house.  Life safety alarms were installed as well as museum grade light dimming systems.  All this, while maintaining the appearance of the house as it was renovated for Miss Florence in circa 1910.

Kronenberger & Sons Restoration, Inc. is a three-generation firm specializing in the restoration, preservation and adaptive re-use of historic structures. We serve the industry as general contractors, project managers and historic consultants. The company is comprised of craftspeople with the knowledge, skills and experience to return usability to older structures, while helping them meet the requirements of the 21st century.  Past clients have included museums, municipalities, architects, historical societies and homeowners.  Our projects have included barns, carriage houses, churches, town halls and a vast array of period homes and buildings.