Beniamino Bufano was a renowned local figure in the San Francisco Bay Area, famous for being politically outspoken and artistically creative. Born in 1889 and spending his youth in New York as an immigrant from San-Fele, Italy, Bufano traveled the world before settling in San Francisco. Here he was commissioned
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ARG Conservation Services was contracted to stabilize and selectively reconstruct broken elements of the specimen tanks located in the rear of Ed Rickett’s Lab at 800 Cannery Row, Monterey, California. Built in 1937, the property, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is the former laboratory and
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The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Berkeley, was constructed in 1910 and is acknowledged as architect Bernard Maybeck’s masterpiece. Maybeck’s unique marriage of varied styles produced a building of charm and elegance. In October 2007, ARG Conservation Services was retained by the Friends of the First Church to conduct materials
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In 1923, the City and County of San Francisco Department of Public Works built two retaining walls near Fort Miley in conjunction with the construction of El Camino Del Mar. The walls would have prevented the existing slope from encroaching onto the privately owned Market Street Railway right of way.
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"The Fire Next Time II" by Dewey Crumpler is located on the exterior of the gymnasium at the Joseph Lee Recreation Center in San Francisco, California. The mural is a national icon of African- American history and is beloved by the local community. ARG Conservation Services was contracted to treat the
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Railroad tycoon A.N. Towne built his mansion atop Nob Hill, where all but the facade was destroyed after the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire. The building’s entry portico was moved from its original location to its present resting grounds in Golden Gate Park, where it stands as a symbol
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Mission San Juan Capistrano, founded in 1776, is the seventh mission established by the Spanish Franciscan friars in Alta California. As the mission moved through different phases of expansion, abandonment, revival, and development, the buildings underwent changes in materials and configuration, suffered deterioration and ruin, and were maintained and preserved
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The Alcatraz Eagle sculptural bas relief is located above the central entrance of the south elevation of the main prison building on Alcatraz Island. The Eagle was part of the original plan for the prison, designed by Maj. Reuben B. Turner and built between 1910 and 1912. The bas relief
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The wall mural known as “The Patron Saint of Artisans” at the Allied Arts Guild was painted in the 1930s by Maxine Albro, whose murals decorate many significant structures in the region, such as Coit Tower. The mural depicts a tree with four different crafts and has an inscribed niche
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Located on Emerald Bay Lake Tahoe, Vikingsholm is one of the finest examples of Scandinavian architecture in the western region and, with historic details including hand-crafted iron work and a sod roof, harks back to medieval times in its design. Built by the Knight family starting in 1928, the building
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The Luther Burbank Greenhouse was built in 1889 to house plant breeding and seed germinating work carried out by Mr. Burbank. The greenhouse is a registered local, state, and national historic landmark. ARG Conservation Services was retained to perform conservation and restoration work at the greenhouse. Over the years, the wood
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The Flood building is a 12-story, 300,000-square-foot office building located in the heart of San Francisco at the intersection of Market and Powell Streets. It was one of the few buildings to survive the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, remaining an important landmark along San Francisco’s most famous commercial
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