…they would tell us what color they were originally! A grant from the Montgomery County Community Foundation has funded a paint analysis of the Study interior, and specialist Matthew Mosca flew in from Washington, DC, to peel back the layers of paint and tell us what the General’s Study looked […]
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The General Lew Wallace Study and Museum is hosting a free Holiday Open House and Volunteer Reception on their last operating day of 2010, Sunday, December 12 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. The Open House takes place inside the CarriageHouseInterpretiveCenter, which is beautifully outfitted in yuletide décor, including a Christmas […]
This bit of Wallace family history is in honor of Veterans Day. Lew and Susan Wallace had one son, Henry. Henry and his wife, Margaret Noble Wallace, had two sons. They named their eldest Lew Jr. and their second son William Noble Wallace. Both grandsons would have made their grandfather […]
Restoration efforts are coming along nicely here at the Study! The striking copper finial that sits on top of the Study cupola has been chemically cleaned, polished and restored to its place of honor overlooking the Museum grounds. It was unclear at first whether the original finial, which had the […]
On a windy November day, bundled-up workers hammer the joints where the copper sheets meet the battens on the dome roof. After hammering the copper together, they will solder the joints to make them watertight. It’s a very time-consuming process! Meanwhile, more workers are lying down on the job to […]
As a regular part of the Study Restoration Project, the architect and some grantors inspect the progress on the construction. This week’s inspection includes the resetting of the glass panels in the cupola. The panels on the west side (by the tower) have been removed, cleaned, reset, and resealed to […]
The front and back porches are getting a new traffic coating to help them shed water – preventing it from leaking into the basement of the Study – and seal and unify all the small cracks in the stone. The gray sticky stuff was the first layer to go down, […]
The first panel of new copper is on the roof! Workers are braving the wind to install the new roof on the east side of the building. As predicted, it’s bright and shiny, so if you can make it out to see the progress, make sure you bring your sunglasses! […]
Workers removed the copper from the south side of the Study earlier this week. That leaves two sides without copper and two sides still covered. You can see the wooden decking and battens, just like what they found on the east side, before they installed the weatherproof barrier. From their […]
It’s been a week of tantalizing research leads. One of the more interesting leads walked in the door on Thursday morning. Mr. Johns from Tennessee came for a visit at the Museum and told us that during the Civil War, General Wallace was in Lavergne, Tennessee, near Murfreesboro when he […]