Preservation

Request for Proposals: Architectural/Engineering Services

Connecticut Landmarks is soliciting design, project plan, specifications, and construction management services for various projects across eight of our properties, all listed on the National Register of Historic Places. CTL has been awarded state bond funds through the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development to assist with these various projects.

This project will encompass four major elements that will support multiple sites owned and operated by Connecticut Landmarks. Specifically, CTL proposes one mechanical project, four roofing/drainage projects, one woodworking/painting project, and one standalone structure. Proposals are due April 12, with an anticipated award date in May. For details on the project and instructions, please see the full RFP document here.

Request for Proposals: Conservation Services for Phelps-Hatheway House Wallpaper

Connecticut Landmarks has received federal grant funding from the National Park Service, Save America’s Treasures program to conserve and stabilize the imported French wallpaper at the Phelps-Hatheway House and Garden in Suffield, Connecticut. The wallpaper decorates five rooms with handblocked French Louis XVI wallpapers by Jacquemart et Bernard with wood blocks made by Jean-Baptiste Réveillon and presumed to have been printed between 1791-95. The scope of work is limited to the conservation treatment of four rooms with 18th century French/Réveillon pattern block printed wallpaper and one room with 20th century silkscreen reproduction wallpaper.

Questions must be submitted by April 5, 2024, with full responses due April 22. For details on the project and instructions, please see the full RFP document here.