Phase 4 Closes Out With Fully Repaired West Wall

and it’s a wrap! Joseph Gnazzo Company Inc. did a fabulous job, finishing ahead of time and on budget. We were all heartened to discover that the two west buttresses did not need dismantling and rebuilding. Gnazzo was able to deep cut and grout each of them in place. However, the stones around the top left wall crack needed to be rebuilt, with exterior stones numbered and removed to access and reinforce the inner wall. Like a 3D puzzle, each stone was carefully returned to its rightful place. 

Just ten weeks from the start, we have a completely cut and freshly grouted west wall stretching from the steeple soffit almost to the ground. For cleanup, Gnazzo swept up 12 buckets of sand that had been washed out of the joints and inner walls. The scaffolding came down in just 2 days’ time.

This Phase 4 cost $130,000 with every penny well spent. Phase 4 closes out with a voluminous Completion Report going to the Massachusetts Historical Commission.