The trick was to make the 130 year old town hall look like new – as in 1886 new. Along with replacing the siding of this town hall, the original 1886 stained glass windows needed to be fully restored. Alpine was contracted to remove all the window sashes, strip them to bare wood off site, strip the openings to make way for repainting, and to reinstall the windows in their original configuration.
The biggest challenge was presented by the windows’ stained glass. Over the years, much of it had been replaced with mismatched colors, clear plate glass, or Plexiglas. To further complicate things, the sashes had been relocated to random openings decades ago. The original pattern designed by the building’s architect was almost impossible to discern.
