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Speed Art Museum - Documentation and Removal Phase
Restoration and preservation of period architecture.

Specializing in the Preservation and
Replication of Period Architecture.

Portfolio

In addition to executing numerous smaller projects on an ongoing basis, including ornamental stone work, fireplaces, paneled rooms, we have written the preservation programs for individual clients and historical societies.

Recently, J.M. Kelley Ltd. has been selected as a consultant and contractor to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. in addition to documenting and moving early Dutch vernacular house to the third floor of the American Wing, he has been called upon to move and reconstruct some of the important eigthteenth century interiors for the redesign of the American Wing.

Here are examples of the projects we undertake.

Speed Art Museum

Early in 2013, we began work on one of the most impressive interiors we have yet encountered. This was "The English Room" at the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, KY. Continue Reading...

Private Residence, Colorado

This project involves the protection and restoration of three rooms of historic woodwork. The house, an elegant 1930s Georgian Revival is undergoing a significant restoration and upgrade of all services. Continue Reading...

State House

In December 2012, we had an opportunity to assist in the documentation phase of the restoration of the Old Senate Chamber of the Maryland State House in Annapolis, MD. As the Maryland State Archives describes the Chamber on its history website "The jewel of the Maryland State House is the Old Senate Chamber, where the Continental Congress met while Annapolis was the capital of the United States from November 1783 - August 1784. It was here that General George Washington, on December 23, 1783, came before Congress to resign his commission as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army in an emotional ceremony. Continue Reading...

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two thousand and three began our association with the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. We were first tasked with the job of documenting, dismantling, and re-erecting a mid-18th century Dutch vernacular building on the third floor of the Met. Continue Reading...

Arts and Crafts

This is a wonderful period to work in because of the rich palette of materials and design elements associated with it. The themes stress simplicity, but in execution the tile, stone, and natural woods give it an exotic look. Continue Reading...

1709 Hudson Valley Dutch House

This ca.1709 Hendrick Smit house is one of the earliest structures remaining in the mid-Hudson valley. Significant amounts of the original structure remained under mid-Victorian "improvements" which had to be carefully peeled away to reveal this rare architectural gem. Continue Reading...

Old Chatham, New York Inn, Shaker Barn and Dairy Facilities

This extensive project involved every type of restoration and replication skills. Part of the mission involved the rescue and removal of a Shaker work building from the original Shaker site in Colonie, New York, and it's museum quality restoration in Old Chatham, New York. This involved not only timber frame restoration, but replication of siding, cupola, and a magnificent stone ramp. Continue Reading...

1830’s Dutch Barn Adaptive Reuse

This project is an adaptive reuse of a wonderful 1830's Dutch barn into a grand entertainment space and quest quarters. As you can see, the barn was in rough shape as found, but still contained a magnificent timber frame. Continue Reading...