Restoration work on Urbanna Museum starts

Repairing cracks in 1760s town-owned center estimated cost: $250,000

Brick mason Robert Hall, hammer in hand, examines cracks in the west wall of the circa 1760s building that houses the Urbanna Museum and Visitors Center on Virginia Street in Urbanna. Aubrey Hall, center, of Friends of Urbanna and brick mason Kevin Nieto review the overall condition of the wall. The two brick masons will restore a portion of the wall. The building is believed to be one of the oldest surviving Scottish Factor stores of its kind in America. (Photo by Larry Chowning)

Brick masons have begun work this week on restoring cracks in a portion of the west wall of the circa 1760s Urbanna Museum and Visitors Center building on Virginia Street.

Kevin Nieto and Robert Hall are independent bricklayers who specialize in restoring colonial brick work. They both work for Colonial Williamsburg and Historic Annapolis, nonprofit organizations that oversee the maintenance and preservation of colonial buildings in those cities.

Larry Chowning
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Larry is a reporter for the Southside Sentinel and author of several books centered around the people and places of the Chesapeake Bay.

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