Wadsworth Atheneum
John Canning & Co.'s master tradesmen performed the plaster restoration, stabilization, repair, reattachment, and ornamental plaster mould and casting in the Grand Hall Gallery at Wadsworth Atheneum.
BUILDING FACTS
Location: Hartford, CT
Built: 1844
Original Architect: Alexander Jackson Davis and Ithiel Town
Style: Gothic Revival
SCOPE
The Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut is the oldest, continuously operating, public art museum in the United States. For this project, John Canning & Co. focused on badly needed plaster restoration of the interior of the second floor gallery spaces and Grand Hall Gallery. The work included plaster reattachment, patching, consolidation, lathing, casting, and ornamental plaster repairs.