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Replies(4) The Pequot Library is getting a new roof. (Courtesy of Pequot Library) FAIRFIELD, CT Work is underway on a $1.5 million project to replace Pequot Library s 125-year-old terracotta roof, according to a library news release. This restoration project is long overdue, and the trustees enthusiastically endorsed proceeding with this critical effort despite the current pandemic, said Nelson North, president of Pequot Library s Board of Trustees, in the news release. Repairing the library building s original Ludowici terracotta tile roof was deemed an urgent priority in a 2019 architectural assessment conducted by New Haven architects Pirie Associates with support from the State Historic Preservation Office. Pirie Associates has experience in historic renovations and is directing the roof replacement project. ....
An urgent priority : Library s $1.5 million project starts to replace 125-year-old roof in Fairfield Josh LaBella FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 The Pequot Library as it undergoes a roof replacement./ The Pequot Library / ContributedShow MoreShow Less 2of3 The Pequot Library was opened to the public in March of 1894./ The Pequot Library / ContributedShow MoreShow Less 3of3 FAIRFIELD Work has begun to replace Pequot Library’s 125-year-old Ludowici terracotta roof. “This restoration project is long overdue, and the trustees enthusiastically endorsed proceeding with this critical effort despite the current pandemic,” Nelson North, Pequot Library’s Board of Trustees president, said in a news release. The project comes after a comprehensive conditions assessment plan, which was supported by the State Historic Preservation Office and conducted by architecture firm Pirie Associates, of New Haven, in 2019. The study identified repairing the hi ....