The cedar shingle roof on the Fort was installed in 1979 to replace a Victorian slate roof. The wooden shingles were worn thin & cupping, battered by time and the elements. Dormers needed wood repairs & painting.
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Repeated failures of the built-in gutters had damaged the wooden eaves, rotting sections of the wood trim and soffit boards.
In 2025 we restored the cedar shingle roof, gutters, dormers and all associated woodwork from the top of the stone walls to the very top of the Fort.
This work was funded by an Environmental Protection Fund grant from New York State, a Mohawk Valley Historic Rural Revitalization Program grant from the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor, a Preservation Opportunity Fund grant from the Preservation League of New York State, a generous donation from the Tianaderrah Foundation and a grant from the William Gundry Broughton Foundation. Together with individual donations we raised over $580,000.
The work to complete the exterior restoration of the building moves now to the last phase, restoring the windows installed in 1749. Please help us meet our financial goals in order to preserve this structure for another generation!
The removal of old shingles revealed hidden damage to the original roof boards. These were repaired & we upgraded our roofing materials to ensure a long life for the new roof.
Three of the chimneys were stabilized and repointed, with new or repaired caps.
New metal gutters are designed to move rainwater move efficiently to the downspouts
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