Bartlett Farm to be Featured on “This Old House”
Alpine Environmental has performed many deleading projects, from commercial and industrial sites to single family homes. Along the way, we’ve worked on many antique Colonials and Victorians, gaining the experience necessary to handle anything we encounter on these unique projects.
In early 2010, Alpine Environmental was contracted by the Save Our Heritage foundation to perform lead paint removal and paint preservation at Barrett’s Farm, a house of great historic importance built in 1705 in Concord, Massachusetts. The Barrett Farm was the residence of Colonel James Barrett, who was in charge of the Colonial Troops in the first battle of the Revolutionary War at the North Bridge on April 19, 1775. His home was the site of many military meetings, and was the secret storage place of the Colonial Army’s weapons.
Our job was to remove centuries of built-up paint, while preserving the 300 year old finish. Over a thousand hours of meticulous work later, the results were hailed by Marylou Davis, the project’s paint history preservation specialist, who said. “I know of no other house in which so much decorative finish history is intact, revealed and easily readable. The work in uncovering this is remarkable!”
Alpine’s efforts will be highlighted in an upcoming episode of This Old House. Norm Abram and the This Old House crew came to the site in July 2011. We were excited to show our work to Norm when he visited with Alpine and several other tradespeople. The show will be airing October of this year.
Alpine is proud to have worked on this national treasure.
Ron Peik,- is the president of Alpine Environmental
