Museum of Russian Icons Project

"Murray Brothers are fine architectural preservationists and excellent builders. The finished work was of the finest quality at a competitive price. I highly recommend the firm to anyone considering new or preservation building."

- Kent Russell
CEO & Curator


Museum of Russian Icons

Designer
Durant Designs

Customer
Gordon Lankton and T.H. Smith

Scope of Work
We restored the former Bigalow Mechanics Institute to look as it did when originally built in 1853 from the outside. On the inside however the existing structure was all but removed in order to allow a new steel structure with an open floor plan and a sweeping staircase through the middle.

A heavy gauge steel stud frame was fastened to the brick wall with epoxy anchors to hold the wall in place while the flat roof was torn off. A continuous "LVL" was then fastened to the top of the wall providing lateral strength to the walls and allowing heavy timber clear span cedar trusses to be installed.

M.B.C. also provided an elevator shaft, "spandrel" windows, an A.D.A. compliant front entrance, plumbing for the new A.D.A. bathrooms and historically correct sofit and fascia.

The structural restoration and removal and replacement of the roof happened between mid October and mid December during this timeframe we experienced 3 Nor' Easters that dumped sleet and 3' of snow on the jobsite.

Letter of Reference (pdf)

New England Construction Magazine