I am not sure about the price but I use Crocker Ltd. out of Santa Fe, New Mexico on many of my projects. In broad terms, good architectural preservation isn't cheap. They work on both my adobe structures at Coronado and my stone structures at Jemez.

Matt

Matthew Barbour
Regional Manager
Coronado and Jemez Historic Sites
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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Terri Terry <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 12:40 PM
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Subject: Adobe structure preservation

The historical society that I am affiliated with was recently deeded a
stone and adobe structure built in 1883 as a Railroad Hotel and Eating
House for the Southern Pacific at its original western terminus in Daggett,
California. It was then owned and/or lived in by various people famous in
Western folklore like Aaron Winters (discovered Borax in Death Valley) who
renamed it The Stone Hotel, and Walter Scott (Death Valley Scotty) who had
a permanent room there.

The building is still standing, but a structural engineer has quoted us
500k to stabilize the walls. He says that it is not stone and adobe, it is
stone with a sand morter with no structural strength at all. Yet the
building appears in good shape with the only visible damage confined to a
small wall between two doors.  No other cracks are visible. The building
also has a solid roof that was replaced just a few years ago.

Is there anyone experienced in preserving this type of historic building
who could tell us if 500k is a reasonable amount, and if there are cheaper
but still effective preservation methods? The contractor wants to use
shotcrete and metal mesh to preserve the appearance of the walls, but the
interior walls are covered in drywall, and exterior walls were once encased
in plaster. So is preserving the appearance important to maintaining
historical integrity? The society does not have that amount of money, but
the hotel is very important to the local history.

Teresa Terry

On Jan 9, 2017 4:52 PM, "Linda Hylkema" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

I've been trying to ID this Chinese (I assume) porcelain ceramic piece.
There isn't anything quite like it online except something on Pinterest.
That online link is: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/492933121686556055/.
The date suggested online is Ming, 16th century, which is way too old for
the site I'm working on. The context for my sherd is a Spanish Colonial
mission site in California. The site dates from ca. 1784 to the 1830's.

http://s1172.photobucket.com/user/Linda_Hylkema/media/red%
20green%20overglaze%20porcelain_zpshnopbimb.jpg.html

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Linda Hylkema, RPA
Director, Cultural Resource Management, Santa Clara University
W: *408-554-4513* | C: *408-219-5748* | Ricard Observatory | 500 El Camino
Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053
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