B & Z Electric to remove and reinstall the light fixture. Then Archistoric, a historic light conservator company based in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, will clean and repair the fixture and rewire it at their studios. While the chandelier is at the Archistoric Studio, B & Z Electric will examine the condition of the electric wiring and conduit leading to the fixture and then remove the old 1901 cloth and knob wiring and replace it with up-to-standard wiring from the fixture to the electric panel in the balcony. B & Z will also bring that northside electric panel up to code. (This is part of the Fund for Sacred Places electrical work to be paid by that campaign.) They will then reinstall the chandelier. While the scaffolding is in place and before the chandelier is reinstalled, Parma Conservation will examine the angel bracket holding the chandelier, clean it and do such touch-up painting or repair as is necessary. Gilco Scaffolding will erect and remove the scaffolding. This work will provide a blueprint to follow for the restoration of the remaining nine chandeliers.

This project is funded by The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation

Photo credit: Martin Cheung