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Private Residence
(Bloomfield Hills) |
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Elegance
and functionality are combined to provide a blended
beauty of materials. Some have stood the test
of time and others are constructed of modern material
designed to appear baronial. |
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Ste. Anne De
Beaupre Catholic Church (Detroit) |
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Ste. Anne's congregation celebrated
their anniversary as the oldest church in the City
of Detroit. We are very proud to have worked
on the restoration of the building. A new slate
roof with alternate courses in a "fishscale"
pattern with new copper accessories. Extensive
customized carpentry was undertaken to replace areas
of deterioration. A final coat of paint was applied
to restore its' lustre.
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St. Vincents
Catholic Church (Pontiac) |
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Matching the
beauty of the original roofing was challenging and rewarding.
The church is an integral and important part of
so many lives, that projects must be done to restore
not change. The bands of green in the black slate
roof matched the original system. Over 38,000
corners were clipped on the jobsite to provide the "fishscale"
style slate of the original roof. The auxiliary
buildings on the back of the rectory were shingled with
green "bands" of contrasting shingle to provide
a similar effect as that of the slate on the church. |
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Livingston County
Courthouse (Howell) |
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Walt Whitman said "The
two, the past and the present, have interchanges,
I myself as connector......." As a poet
is a connector with the past, so are the people who
preserve and restore the buildings of our history.
We are fortunate to have been chosen as the
contractor to replace the roof during the restoration
of the Courthouse. We have singe been called
on to restore areas of copper roofing at the Clock
Tower and to maintain the system.
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Guardian Angel
Cemetery Administration Bldg
(Oakland Township) |
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Tricky to install ... but beautiful
to look at is the graduated slate roof. By graduated,
they mean the roof edge begins with large slabs of slate
and the pieces "gradually" get smaller as they
progress to the top. Sorting the various sizes and
colors takes a lot of time .... but the results are spectacular! |
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Christ Church
(Grosse Pointe) |
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A large addition built on this beautiful
church was a challenge to all the contractors. Of
special note were the canoe valleys installed by our craftsmen.
Blended colors and graduated thicknesses provide
for a smooth transition between new and old. The
ornamental copper scupper boxes on the original church
were duplicated in our metal shop. |
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Sacred Heart
Seminary (Detroit) |
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The seminary was built circa 1924
in what is called "Collegiate Gothic" style.
The materials were the very finest and have stood
the test of time. DC & S has provided expertise
for repairs and replacement to preserve the beauty and
integrity of the slate and copper roofing systems. |
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Inns on Ferry
Street (Detroit) |
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This 6.5 million venture was spearheaded
by two non-profit groups - the University Cultural Center
Association and the Founders Society of Detroit Institute
of Arts. They collaborated to save four historic
mansions and two carriage houses near the Cultural Center
and turn them into bed-and-breakfast inns. Because
of the extensive work needed on these houses, and the
limited funds available, only repairs to the existing
slate roof could be done at this time. |
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