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Tuckpointing: A Church in Fayette, NY 13065

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After seeing some other Tuckpointing in Seneca Falls, NY, I was driving past this interesting church and decided to poke around. The small placard says that the stone tower was added in 1882 but I am not sure if all the stone and brick were added then or not. Either way its safe to say that the Tuckpointing is at least this from 1882. This pictures show the masonry elements that reflect similar architecture with tuckpointing in the area, and would fall in line with tuckpointing on churches in the region. The evidence on this façade is slim. However, it is faintly noticed as a bed joint under some of the corbelled brickwork and only a few inches remain around the doorway.

The address for this structure is 4350 Ovid street (NY-414) Fayette, NY 13065

Cemetery Preservation

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Last summer in 2015 Randy Ruth worked with Historic Ithaca to through its Work Preserve program, and collaborated with Friends of Ithaca Cemetery to bring two pairs of youth volunteers to help repair nearly 40 various monuments. Ithaca Journal ran an article about the restoration campaign.

You can read about it here…

http://www.ithacajournal.com/story/news/local/2015/08/11/ithaca-city-cemetery-preservation/31480119/

You can see a list of all the documented repairs with before and after photos here…

http://www.historicithaca.org/work-preserve-summer-2015-cemetery-project/