[Baltimore Sun] Clifton Mansion restoration | PHOTOS
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After about more than a decade of invested money and a painstaking restoration effort underwritten by the Friends of Clifton Mansion, this very big house is very different from the long years it spent as a golf course club house and administration building.
Decorative painter Mariah Gillis, C&H Restoration and Renovation, prepares the cornice in a room of Clifton Mansion before applying 23 carat gilding. The original surfaces have been covered for over 100 years. Civic Works and the Friends of Clifton Mansion are restoring the mansion, Johns Hopkins’ summer home. (Kim Hairston/Staff)
Conservator Laurie Timm, Laurie A. Timm Conservation, removes layers of paint, plaster and drywall mud to reveal the original wall in Clifton Mansion. The original surfaces have been covered for over 100 years. Civic Works and the Friends of Clifton Mansion are restoring the mansion, Johns Hopkins’ summer home. (Kim Hairston/Staff)
An arabesque over a fireplace at Clifton Mansion where conservator Laurie Timm, Laurie A. Timm Conservation, and decorative painter Mariah Gillis, C&H Restoration and Renovation, are working to replicate the appearance of the decorative wall art and moulding. Timm is removing layers of paint, plaster, drywall mud to reveal the original wall. Gillis is applying 23-carat gilding on the cornice. The original surfaces have been covered for over 100 years. Civic Works and the Friends of Clifton Mansion are restoring the mansion, Johns Hopkins’ summer home. (Kim Hairston/Staff)
Tim Horjus, co-owner of C&H Restoration and Renovation, general contractors for the work to restore Clifton Mansion, Johns Hopkins’ summer home. (Kim Hairston/Staff)
Conservator Laurie Timm, Laurie A. Timm Conservation, and decorative painter Mariah Gillis, C&H Restoration and Renovation, are in front of an arabesque over a fireplace at Clifton Mansion where they are working to replicate the appearance of the decorative wall art and moulding. Timm is removing layers of paint, plaster, drywall mud to reveal the original wall. Gillis is preparing to apply 23-carat gilding on the cornice. The original surfaces have been covered for over 100 years. Civic Works and the Friends of Clifton Mansion are restoring the mansion, Johns Hopkins’ summer home. (Kim Hairston/Staff)
Conservator Laurie Timm, Laurie A. Timm Conservation, and decorative painter Mariah Gillis, C&H Restoration and Renovation, are in front of an arabesque over a fireplace at Clifton Mansion where they are working to replicate the appearance of the decorative wall art and moulding. Timm is removing layers of paint, plaster, drywall mud to reveal the original wall. Gillis is preparing to apply 23-carat gilding on the cornice. The original surfaces have been covered for over 100 years. Civic Works and the Friends of Clifton Mansion are restoring the mansion, Johns Hopkins’ summer home. (Kim Hairston/Staff)
Nicholas Cairns, co-owner of C&H Restoration and Renovation, general contractors for the work to restore Clifton Mansion, Johns Hopkins’ summer home. (Kim Hairston/Staff)
An ornamental plaster figure on the ceiling of Clifton Mansion is visible as decorative painter Mariah Gillis, C&H Restoration and Renovation, prepares a cornice for gilding. She is part of the effort undertaken by Civic Works and the Friends of Clifton Mansion to restore the mansion, Johns Hopkins’ summer home. (Kim Hairston/Staff)
Conservator Laurie Timm, Laurie A. Timm Conservation, prepares to move scaffold inside Clifton Mansion. Behind her is an arabesque that was revealed after layers of paint, plaster and drywall mud were removed. The unpainted area was where a mantel once stood. Timm is part of an effort by Civic Works and the Friends of Clifton Mansion to restore the mansion, Johns Hopkins’ summer home. The original surfaces have been covered for over 100 years. (Kim Hairston/Staff)
Conservator Laurie Timm, Laurie A. Timm Conservation, removes layers of paint, plaster and drywall mud to reveal the original wall art in Clifton Mansion. The original surfaces have been covered for over 100 years. Civic Works and the Friends of Clifton Mansion are restoring the mansion, Johns Hopkins’ summer home. (Kim Hairston/Staff)
From left, Conservator Laurie Timm, Laurie A. Timm Conservation, and decorative painter Mariah Gillis, C&H Restoration and Renovation, talk as they work inside Clifton Mansion, Johns Hopkins’ summer home. Timm is removing layers of paint, plaster, drywall mud to reveal the original wall. Gillis is preparing to apply 23-carat gilding to a cornice. The original surfaces have been covered for over 100 years. Civic Works and the Friends of Clifton Mansion are restoring the mansion, Johns Hopkins’ summer home. (Kim Hairston/Staff)
From left, Conservator Laurie Timm, Laurie A. Timm Conservation, and decorative painter Mariah Gillis, C&H Restoration and Renovation, work to replicate the appearance of the wall art and cornice in Clifton Mansion. Timm is removing layers of paint, plaster and drywall mud to reveal the original wall. Gillis is preparing to apply 23-carat gilding to the cornice. The original surfaces have been covered for over 100 years. Civic Works and the Friends of Clifton Mansion are restoring the mansion, Johns Hopkins’ summer home. (Kim Hairston/Staff)
From left, Decorative painter Mariah Gillis, C&H Restoration and Renovation, and conservator Laurie Timm, Laurie A. Timm Conservation, work to replicate the appearance of the wall art and cornice inside Clifton Mansion. Gillis is preparing to apply 23-carat gilding. Timm is removing layer of paint, plaster and drywall mud to reveal original wall art. Their efforts allow the original surfaces to be seen for the first time in over 100 years. Civic Works and the Friends of Clifton Mansion are restoring the mansion, Johns Hopkins’ summer home. (Kim Hairston/Staff)
Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun
Clifton Mansion, the former summer residence of Johns Hopkins, has been undergoing significant restoration for several years. (Jerry Jackson/Staff)
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