Historical Projects

New England Skylights was specified to manufacture the historically accurate copper frame skylights as part of the renovation of the eighty four old building on the grounds of Harvard University.

As part of the roof replacement project at the historic Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire our craftsmen crafted two reproduction hip style skylights with ornamental vents.

Spardella Slate Co. replaced the original slate roof and copper flashings on this historic church. The coppersmiths at New England Skylights hand crafted a copper frame hip style skylight with traditional wire-reinforced glass mounted at the rear of the 110 year old church.

The Historic Crazy Water Hotel in Mineral Wells TX underwent a major exterior renovation. Part of that restoration project was to return the abandoned and modern skylights back to the traditional hip style skylights that were part of the original 1927 construction.

New England Skylights is proud to have been specified to fabricate the historically accurate reproduction skylights as part of the restoration of Sheldon Hall at the State University of New York in Oswego. The structural copper clad single slope skylights included insulated glass and protective exterior screens.

The approximate ninety year old copper frame skylight at a northeast Job Corp center was in desperate need of replacement. The copper frame had failed and numerous panes of glass were broken or had been replaced with plexiglass. NES designed and fabricated a replacement unit which featured a welded structural frame for added necessary support, copper cladding and historically accurate obsured wire-reinforced glass with a functional ridge mount ventilator, and copper base flashings.

The conservatory was originally built in the early 1900s, and over the years it had several private owners. It was awarded landmark status in 1975, and was purchased by the City in 1980 to save the building from being demolished. Know as San Francisco's other conservatory, the Sunnyside Conservatory underwent a dramatic renovation in 2009. Our coppersmiths hand crafted the eight copper frame historic single slope skylights for the new cedar shingle roof on the main conseratory building.

New England Skylights is very proud to have been chosen to replace the one hundred year old skylight on this beautiful library as part of the long awaited exterior renovation project. This historically important project involved the replacement of the copper batten seam panel roof, masonry restoration, and the replication and field installation of the new skylights with some unique and improved details created by our coppersmiths.

This 1910 mansion set in the historic district of Newport Rhode Island was recently renovated by the new owner. Part of the extensive renovation was the installation of a flat-lock seam copper panel roof with a custom copper frame skylight located over the breakfast room. http://travel.nytimes.com/2006/02/16/garden/16newport.htm ( Click on More Photos in sidebar - view number six for interior view )

The U.S. Marine Hospital in Louisville Kentucky recently underwent a complete restoration following the strict standards of the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties. Our sheet metal artisans crafted a replica of the original skylight with a Terne-coat stainless frame to match the new terne-coat stainless panel roof. www.marinehospital.org