BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

The Buildings and Grounds Committee is tasked with overseeing the maintenance and repair of the church campus and the Rectory. Our recent projects included repairing the sanctuary roof, installing a new fire system in the sanctuary, installing landscaping lights, rectory maintenance repairs, restoring the stained-glass window in the chancel and many other projects. 

To report maintenance issues, please let us know.

Stained Glass Window Restoration Following Vandalism (March, 2009)

On March 8, 2009, vandals broke the stained glass window in the Usher Room behind the baptistry in the church. This window was the stained glass window used in the chancel of the church building prior to the current building (the second All Saints Church building) as you can see in the photo at the bottom. Judson Studios of Los Angeles, which originally made the window, restored it to its original beauty.

Emergency Preparedness Plan (May, 2009)

All Saints Cburch hired Buildng Safety Solutions, (BSS,) to work on an emergency preperedness plan that is suitable to the needs of this campus. The virtual, presentation features animation of our buildings and grounds  which will help prepare this community for different emergency scenarios, such as fire, earthquake, medical emergencies, power failure and disturbance of the peace. This presentation is currently under develpment and is scheduled to be available on our website starting in 2010. Below is an example of what the animation will look like.

Tower and Roof Repairs (2007)

Over the course of 2007, we had consultants in to review the roofs and structural soundness of the church buildings. One of the consultant's recommendations was reinforcing the walls in the tower. The repairs and reinforcement successfully completed in 2008. 
 

Stained Glass Window Repair (2007)

The window, given by Mrs. John S. Cravens in memory of her mother, Mary Buchanan Myers in 1902, was made by Maitland Armstrong. The three large windows as well as the upper rosettes were repaired by Judson Studios, the same family-owned business which created so many of our beautiful windows. The “St. John” window in the stairway to the columbarium (south tower) was also repaired. In addition, the masonry around and separating the windows will be cleaned, and broken  cracked elements were repaired, regrouted and waterproofed, as will some of the stone work on the reredoes in front of the chancel window. These repairs were made because the window had become a safety issue, as it had become loose in its setting.

The window was re-installed in the chancel after re-leading and working on the tracery stone - and cleaning decades of soot, inside and out, off of the radiantly colored glass and restoring it to its original brilliance. Thanks to Lonnie Shield, our Buildings & Grounds Chair, for steering this project.