Yale University Connecticut Hall
The oldest existing building at Yale University, Connecticut Hall (1750-52) is one of the finest remaining examples of Georgian architecture on a New England college campus. Originally a near duplicate of Harvard University’s Massachusetts Hall (1719-20), Connecticut Hall has undergone a series of modifications over the course of its life. DBVW completed a full restoration of the building exterior in 2019. This project involved restoring of all of the wood windows and shutters, adding storm windows with insect screens, repointing all of the masonry, replacing severely deteriorated brownstone with local, salvaged brownstone, and replicating historic carvings at the replaced brownstone units.
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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.