Restoration of Redstone Hall included:
- Historically authentic restoration of stone porch walls
- Dismantling and cataloging of red stone elements
- Stone resetting
- Concrete footing repair
- Historically authentic repointing
- Masonry cleaning
- Caulking and sealants
Project Collaborators: Smith Alverez and Sienkiewycz, Burlington, Vermont
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About Redstone Hall: Originally the Buell family mansion, this was acquired and remodeled by the University of Vermont in the 1920s to serve as a student dormitory. It remains, in 2004, in service as an undergraduate residence hall. Redstone Campus, South Prospect Street. Built: 1885 – 1891 Original name: A.A. Buell Estate
UVM’s Redstone Campus is as distinctive as its central core campus. Built at the close of the nineteenth century by lumber magnate Addison A. Buell, there is a great richness and humor in its evolution. It is noted that Buell was engaged in a contest of mansion-building and one-upmanship with railroad steamboat tycoon Col. Legrand Cannon whose opulent home was located nearby.1 (Incidentally, John Wilson, whose house stands on Mansfield Avenue , served as Cannon’s gardener prior to establishing his own business.2) Buell reportedly built an �Egyptian Room� in his mansion, in response to Cannon’s �Persian Room.� A long circular driveway approaches the main house, with a gatehouse at standing at one end and a large carriage house at the other. A long, low, stone wall spans the entire front of the property, and is broken only to accommodate the driveway. The structures are constructed from local Monkton Dolomite, commonly known as �redstone.� The houses were built in a Richardson Romanesque style, and speak to Billings Library in this respect. The entire estate spanned some sixty-six acres.3