On September 30, 2003, National Trust for Historic Preservation President Richard Moe and Home & Garden Television (HGTV) President Burton Jablin announced that the First Hermitage in Nashville, Tennessee will be one of twelve National Trust Save America's Treasures sites featured on the popular HGTV series "Restore America".
Arnold Wood Conservation, LLC provided recommendations and consultation for the conservation and restoration of Andrew Jackson's First Hermitage log cabins, a.k.a. the c.1800 Farmhouse and c.1805 Kitchen in order to return the National Historic Landmark buildings to their appearance as slave cabins during the restoration period of 1821-1865.
They're finished!!
Above, the Farmhouse in 1999 in need of restoration.
Kitchen before
photo credit: Robbie Jones, Director of Preservation, The Hermitage
Below, after restoration the Farmhouse in 2005.
Both the Farmhouse (foreground) and the Kitchen after the completion of restoration. This was the project of a lifetime - one this conservator will never forget! A wonderful "thank you!" to the gracious and passionate staff at The Hermitage for allowing me to be a part of history.
