New Haven, Ct - Grand Light has recently begun the restoration of the historic lighting fixtures of Sagamore Hill. Sagamore Hill was the home of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the
United States, from 1885 until his death in 1919. During Roosevelt's
time in office, his "Summer White House" was the focus of international
attention. The most significant events took place at Sagamore Hill
during the seven summers it served as Theodore Roosevelt's Summer White
House, from 1902 until 1908. During that time, Roosevelt used his home
to host luminaries from around the country and around the world.
New Haven, CT - Grand Light has completed the restoration on the historic lighting fixtures for The Gowanda Historic Hollywood Theater located in Gowanda, New York. Among the fixtures are 12 floral
accented wall sconces, 5 large flower shaped recessed lighting fixtures, more
than twenty pendant lights of different sizes, and 12 ceiling fixtures of various sizes, and 13 exit signs. This project had a total of 59 historic fixtures that were restored.
New Haven, CT - Progress on the refinishing of the Gowanda Historic Hollywood Theater fixtures continued on the Type B, Type D, Type C, Type H, and E fixtures. All of the fixtures were stripped to the original base and the prepped for primer, base coat and the custom bled poly chrome finish.
New Haven, CT - After several stages of experimentation, custom recipes were developed to achieve the color and the look the original historical fixtures. Every fixture will undergo stripping, priming, being painted gold, and then hand rubbed with the special recipe to get a rich gold-copper tone. Work is complete on fixtures of type K, J, L, M, R and A. See pictures under the fold.
New Haven, CT - Grand Light has had the Gowanda luminaries under work for the past few weeks. Upon their arrival, the fixtures underwent a complete individual inspection: each fixture was photographed and it's condition was evaluated based on mechanics, electronic, glass and finish condition. The Grand Light artisans were discouraged to discover that the condition of most luminaries would result in having to completely refinish most of these fixtures.
Gowanda, NY - Grand Light has been contracted to do the work for the Gowanda Historic Hollywood Theater lighting restoration project. Over the weekend the Grand Light team drove through the blizzard to upstate NY to pick up the carefully packed fixtures and transport them back to our New Haven facility, were their condition will be assessed by Grand Light professionals.
New Haven, Ct - Grand Light has been contracted for the restoration of the lighting fixtures of the Gowanda Historic Hollywood Theater in Gowanda, NY.
New Haven, C.T - Grand Light has officially completed restoration on Dakota Middle School Theater, with all fixtures packaged, labeled and ready for delivery.
New Haven, CT - Grand Light continues to work on the restoration of 40 lighting fixtures for a historic middle school in Rapid City, South Dakota.
New Haven, CT - Grand Light has completed the restoration of thirty three historic lighting fixtures from a
private residence in Hartford, Connecticut.
New Haven, CT - After only a few weeks of hard work, Grand Light's team of restoration artisans are in the final stages of the restoration of thirty three historic lighting fixtures from a private residence in Hartford, Connecticut.
New Haven, CT - Grand Light has begun the restoration of thirty three historic lighting fixtures from a private residence in Hartford, Connecticut. The residence was originally built in 1924 for a lawyer named Mr. Sage. It is a stone rendition of the Colonial Revival style and was designed
by the Hartford firm of Smith and Bassette, who designed many of the
best stately houses in Hartford at that time.
The house did not stay in
Sage's hands for very long. It was purchased by a man named M. Allen
Swift in around 1930, and he had the house until he died in 2005 at the
age of 102. Swift was the general manager of the M. Swift and Sons, a precious metals company in Hartford which was responsible for the gold leafing of the
State Capitol dome when it was constructed. Swift was locally famous for driving around town in the green
Rolls-Royce that he received as a college graduation present from his
father in 1928. The home is currently undergoing a renovation.
New Haven, CT - Grand Light has completed restoration work on four historic lighting fixtures from Yale University's Briton Hadden Memorial Building, home to the Yale Daily News.
New Haven, CT - Grand Light has begun the restoration of four historic lighting fixtures from the Briton Hadden Memorial Building. The building is home to the Yale Daily News, which is claimed to be the "oldest college daily" in the United States.
New Haven, CT - Grand Light has begun the process of restoring & modifying fourteen historic bronze lighting fixtures from the exterior of the City Hall in Springfield, Massachusetts.
