Wednesday, December 9, 2015

WEST MARLBOROUGH: Seeking the fountain of age

Back in September I wrote about the new stone wall that some West Marlborough neighbors had installed. Restoration specialist Chuck Ginty of Unionville modeled it after the brick wall at a nearby estate that had been designed by the same architect, Arthur Ingersoll Meigs of Philadelphia.
The other day as I drove by, I saw Chuck examining the wall and stopped to ask him for an update. He said it's finished, and the owners are now trying to make it look older by pouring a greenish mixture of buttermilk, moss and manure over it. The hope is that moss will start to sprout come spring.

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