| CHA-261881-19 | Challenge Programs: Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants | Reynolda House Museum of American Art | Reynolda House Roof Renovation | 10/1/2018 - 12/31/2022 | $420,482.00 | Phil | | Archer | | | | Reynolda House Museum of American Art | Winston-Salem | NC | 27106-5117 | USA | 2018 | Arts, General | Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants | Challenge Programs | 0 | 420482 | 0 | 420482 | A
project to repair the 100-year old roof at the Reynolda House Museum of
American Art, once the country estate of R.J. and Katharine Reynolds. Repair of
the historic tile roof would preserve the museum’s collection of fine art,
which includes works by Thomas Cole, Grant Wood, and Georgia O’Keefe, among
others, and enable the museum to conduct humanities programming for research,
education, and the public.
Reynolda House Museum of
American Art (RHMAA) seeks funding from the National Endowment for the
Humanities for repair of its 100-year-old signature tile roof, a project
necessary for the preservation of the museum’s fine and decorative art
collections and humanities programming.
In November 2017, several small leaks revealed concerns that were
previously undetected. Deteriorated fasteners have caused courses of tile to
slip, with individual tile grooves holding the unfastened tiles in place.
Failing copper seams, pitted copper flashing, and degraded underlayment were
observed in multiple locations, and exposed fasteners were observed on all
tiled hip ridges. Funds from this challenge grant will support the restoration
and repair of the roof tiles, copper flashing, roof decking, gutters,
membranes, stipends and fees for project consultants, and public programming. |