Current Projects Old Meetinghouse Cemetery, Princeton, MA - A historic Colonial Meetinghouse cemetery on top of Mount Wachusett dating back to 1770 containing mostly slate and marble stones. TaMara provided a comprehensive assessment and long term restoration program for this cemetery. Restoration services provided, including recording and assessing, photographing, cleaning, treating for biological growths, resetting and adhesive repairs. Work began in 2007 and continues on an annual basis as funding allows. 82 headstones have been repaired to date. Several of the stones were damaged again during the ice storm in 2008 and have since been repaired during a workshop in 2010.
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Cone Hill Cemetery, Richmond, MA – Colonial Grant period cemetery located in the Furnace District of Richmond. It is registered with the National and State Historic Places with the oldest stone dating back to 1778. Both slate and marble head stones were restored and several large obelisks were cleaned and reset. An assessment of the entire cemetery was created as the basis for ongoing restoration.
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