I would recommend a historic preservation architect by the name of Gil
Sanchez. He is in California and works with many historic adobes, including
ours here at SCU. His website is here: http://sanchezarchitect.com/.

Adobe restoration is not cheap, but you need to do it right. They are
unique buildings with special needs.

Good luck!

Linda

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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On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 11:40 AM, Terri Terry <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> 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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