Conservation & Stabilization
Chimney Yard – Pacific Palisades, CA
Getty Conservation Institute visits House Museum's storage location, the Chimney Yard in Pacific Palisades, California. Getty staff included Susan Macdonald, Head of Buildings and Sites, Elena Macchioni, Project Specialist, and Benjamin Marcus, Project Specialist. The site visit resulted in a conservation assemessment and custom action plan to support the sustainability of the salvaged Palisades Fire chimneys.
First Priority
Two chimneys exhibit urgent structural concerns:
• Neutra chimney: the section in the lower yard exhibit sagging, leading to structural cracks
• Higgins chimney: partial collapse above the floor slab
• Immediate stabilization is needed using shoring, bracing, or wrapping also considering current seismic risk
Second Priority
• Cover exposed chimney sections and repair covers on pallets
• Verify and update name tags specifically on the pallets
• Check numbering of pieces is still legible (where accessible)
• Consider limited grout stabilization to address detachments of bricks (evident in the Neutra chimney)
Cost: $50k | Raised: $42,500
Conservation Internship
With a $30,000 grant from The Masonry Foundation, House Museum is pairing this stabilization work with a one-month conservation internship for two local students. Interns will engage fieldwork alongside preservation professionals and experience: (1) how conservation assessments are made, and what each chimney needs (2) hands-on work under professional supervision: structural cribbing, seismic bracing, mortar removal, brick cleaning and shrink-wrapping (3) data collection, reflection, and reporting
$42,500 RAISED! THANK YOU!
THE MASONRY FOUNDATION
PACIFIC CLAY
KAPPE ARCHITECTS
PALISADES RECOVERY COALITION
DANIEL & MARINA CASE
MICHELLE BITTING & PHILIP ABRAMS
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