RI State House Plaza and Terrace Restoration
The marble terraces, plazas and monumental stairs surrounding McKim, Mead & White’s imposing Rhode Island State House had suffered from years of water infiltration. Restoring these features involved carefully documenting and disassembling the entire assembly, replacing deteriorated structural elements, incorporating new levels of waterproofing in ways that would not be detectable, and restoring or replacing deteriorated stone and brick. The project was completed in four phases.
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Martha is a nationally-recognized expert in the field of historic preservation. She has directed multiple phases of important preservation projects at some of the region’s most treasured landmark buildings. As an advisor to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Martha served on a national Sustainability Task Force focused on strengthening the important relationship between sustainability and historic preservation. Martha serves on the boards of GrowSmart RI and the Historic Preservation Education Foundation. She is a Governor-appointed member of the Capital Center Commission, a member of the RIHPHC review board, and a past-President of AIA/Rhode Island. When Martha is not climbing up steeples or through abandoned buildings, she can be found playing tennis or kayaking on the Narragansett Bay.
Interesting fact:
Martha has dual citizenship in the United States and Switzerland
You may or may not be surprised that:
She is a two-time winner of the Women’s Statewide Squash Championship
2003 - Providence Preservation Society Public Policy Award
2002 - National Trust for Historic Preservation, Honor Award