Located at the intersection of Rte. 1 and The Old Clinton Road, in Clinton, Connecticut; this stately Greek Revival home is still owned by the original descendants. It is one of the finer examples of Greek Revival architecture in Connecticut. A motor vehicle accident destroyed the two columns of the left-hand side of the house. Using the fragments and pieces of the broken columns, we were able to re-construct and use the columns as templates to build the new columns. Fortunately the capitals serviced and needed minor restoration. After contacting the largest column builders in the country, we quickly realized the columns would need to be hand-made so as to exactly match the originals.

Shown here are some of the sections of base and capitals that were restored and reused.

Clear vertical grain mahogany wood was chosen for the project. The column like many wood columns consists of 12 staves with 2 flutes in each stave. Splines running the length of the column aided in assembly and insured a water tight condition. Water proof glue was used to assemble the column and took the efforts of four men to complete.

The columns were assembled a bit larger so they may be hand-planed to exactly match the originals. Shown here is one of our shop technicians laying out the final lines to be hand-planed.

In this image you can see a vintage column builders plane used to enlarge and deepen each flute to the exact specifications. Our vast collection of antique wood-working tools are used on a variety of projects.