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Documenting and dismantling the Winne House
Restoration and preservation of period architecture.

Specializing in the Preservation and Replication of
Period Architecture.

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Moving the Timber Framed Building

Over the past few years, there has been an increasing awareness of the wide array of wonderful period buildings available for reuse as houses or parts of houses. you may have found the perfect Greek Revival gem that is about to have a new highway put through the main entrance, or you may feel that […] Continue Reading...

Preserving a piece of history

Tom Calarco North East magazine April 2003 As I pulled onto the dirt road I came upon an old house wrapped in plastic – like a body on its way to the morgue. This old house, however, was not about to be buried. It was destined to be raised from the dead, brought back to […] Continue Reading...

Sleuthing Reveals a Dutch Master

By Anne Miller for Times Union A large piece of Bethlehem history that was almost demolished will find a new home at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. This week the 18th century, two-story Dutch house, which had been hidden amid decade’s worth of additions, is being dismantled and shipped to the museum in […] Continue Reading...

Art House

By Ned Depew for Berkshire Home & Style April 2003 When is a house not a house? When it is a piece of art. This amazing transformation, from humble farm dwelling to museum-quality exhibit, is currently being undergone by an antique Dutch house from the first half of the 18th Century in the town of […] Continue Reading...

Art House II

By Ned Depew for Berkshire Home & Style May 2005 Those who are regular readers of this magazine may remember an article titled “Art House” in April of 2003 about the finding and dismantling of the David Winne House, an early-to-mid 18th century Dutch farmhouse in Bethlehem, NY, and its projected rebuilding in the Metropolitan […] Continue Reading...

Hudson Valley History Restored

Tom Calarco North East magazine June 2005 In the days of futures past, art and technology are collaborating to bring things back. Preservationists of history like Michael Kelley, of Niskayuna, NY, are not merely preserving but restoring it with the help of the latest technologies. Kelley, who was selected by the Metropolitan Museum of Art […] Continue Reading...

Hidden Treasure Rebuilt Piece By Piece

By Joanne E. McFadden for The Sunday Gazette July 10, 2005 For years, Michael Kelley had driven past a Bethlehem house and never given it a second thought. “From the outside, it appeared to be probably an early 20th century, cheaply constructed farmhouse,” Kelley said. He had no idea what an architectural gem the ramshackle […] Continue Reading...

A New York Dutch Interior for the American Wing

By Peter M. Kenny for The Magazine Antiques January 2006 This installation marks the start of an ambitious five-year master plan for the renovation and renewal of many of the galleries and period rooms in the departments of American paintings and sculpture and American decorative arts. For a loan exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of […] Continue Reading...

Making History With Masterful Restorations

By Cheryl Abrams for Builder/Architect September 2005 Passion, persistence, patience and perfection. Whether working on a single fireplace restoration in a local home, or on his massive preservation project for the Metropolitan Museum of Fine Art, these qualities define each job that Michael Kelley undertakes — and, quite literally, the contractor/consultant himself. Several years ago, […] Continue Reading...

Live From The Met

Ned Depew Berkshire Homestyle May 2009 If you are a regular reader of this magazine, you may remember that we have been following-since 2005- the progress of an 18th century Dutch house from obscurity (and possible destruction) as a tenant house remodeled nearly into oblivion to international fame, as an exhibit in the new American […] Continue Reading...