Conservators
MOSKO CEMETERY MONUMENT SERVICES
Mosko Cemetery Monument Services is a full scale cemetery
conservation, preservation, and rehabilitation company committed to
protecting the historical as well as the authentic aspect of a
cemetery. Not only do we treat the visual appearance of the
cemetery, we assess and treat the cause, whether it be administrative,
soil erosion, or inadequate drainage. We thoroughly assess each grave
site, to include the stone, vegetation, and maintenance, and will
assess the cemetery's security issues as well.
Our findings are compiled
in a detailed, comprehensive report, which includes condition
assessments with prioritized recommendations, as well as details of the
most appropriate materials and methods to address the condition. We
work closely with your organization to help you decide what is in the
best interest of your cemetery in accordance with your available
budget.
We have over ten years of experience in the field of cemetery
conservation and are recognized by the National Center for Preservation
Technology and Training, the Association for Gravestone Stone Studies,
as well as Partners for Sacred Places. We are active members in good
standing with the Preservation Trades Network, Saving Graves,
International Cemetery and Funeral Association, as well as the
Coalition to Protect Maryland Burial Sites. We also work closely with
Historical Preservation programs at local colleges to provide
internships and training for aspiring students.
Our services include: free phone consultation, on-site consultation,
cemetery assessment reports, administrative assessments, condition
assessment reports, conservation recommendations, execution of
treatment plans, maintenance assessments, recommendations, and
training, cemetery and grave locating, cemetery mapping, as well
volunteer training workshops and seminars.
We are located at:
555 Baltimore St.
Hanover, Pennsylvania 17331
Toll free at 1-866-434-7176.
Whether it be an individual grave site or a multiple acre cemetery,
every grave site has equal importance.
Preserving our heritage,
Robert Mosko, Conservator.
GRAVE CONCERNS
Historic cemetery restoration, documentation, and research
Formed
in 2004 and with over 30 years research experience, Grave Concerns is
dedicated to the restoration and preservation of historic cemeteries
and archaeological sites.
We are certified by the National Center for Preservation Technology and
Training (NCPTT), an agency of the U.S. Park Service and with the Jahn
Corporation for the use of historic restoration mortars.
Cemetery Services include:
•
Repair of marble memorials
• Mapping and drafting in AutoCAD
• Complete transcriptions
• Archival research
• Fence painting
• Remote sensing (GPR, magnetometer, etc)
• Locating buried stones and brick walls
• Stone cleaning and re-plumbing
• Site clearing and maintenance
Archaeological
services are conducted with Dr. James Gibb and include:
• Phase I, II, and III site surveys
• Archival research
• Mapping
• Remote sensing
• Cemetery delineation
• Sub-surface investigations
• Historic and pre-historic artifact identification
For
further information contact
Scott Lawrence
17949 Point Lookout Rd Park Hall, MD 20667
graveconcerns@md.metrocast.net
or 301-904-9561
Be sure to visit Dr. Gibb’s website for more information about Grave
Concerns’ involvement in archaeology.
http://www.gibbarchaeology.org/
CHICORA FOUNDATION
Chicora
Foundation is a public, non-profit foundation founded in 1983. We are
members of the American Institute for Conservation (AIC) and
voluntarily subscribe to their Code of Ethics and Standards of
Practice. We are also members of the Association of Preservation
Technology, the Preservation Trades Network, and the Association of
Gravestone Studies.
Our cemetery preservation
services include:
• Cemetery
assessments that examine overall conditions and develop maintenance and
preservation plans,
• Stone assessments
that document the condition of monuments and provide recommendations
and prioritization for repair,
• Repair of both
stone and ironwork,
• Cemetery
recordation, stone transcription, and cemetery mapping,
• Historical
research, and
• Workshops in
cemetery preservation, conservation techniques, and landscape
maintenance.
Our staff has received specialized
training from Cathedral Stone (we are certified Jahn installers), U.S.
Heritage Group, Edison Coatings, the Campbell Center for Historic
Preservation Studies, the Traditional Building Skills Institute, and
the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training. One staff
member specializes in cemetery landscape maintenance and horticulture,
being a member in PLANET, the International Society of Arboriculture,
and the Alliance for Historic Landscape Preservation.
We have worked in South Carolina,
North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Virginia, the District of Columbia,
Massachusetts, Indiana, and Montana. In addition, we have conducted
training workshops in Maryland, New Mexico, Arizona, and Florida.
We welcome the opportunity to work
with your team to preserve and protect your unique cemetery resources.
Call us for a free consultation – that may be sufficient to address
your questions and get your preservation efforts off on the right
track. If we can be of further assistance it would be our honor to work
with you.
Michael Trinkley, Ph.D.
Director
Chicora Foundation, Inc.
PO Box 8664
Columbia, SC 29202
803-787-6910
www.chicora.org/cemetery-preservation.html
Coalition to Protect Maryland Burial Sites, Inc., P. O. Box 1533,
Ellicott City, MD 21041
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