Dumbarton Oaks – Frame Yard

PROJECT: “Pompeii” Hot Frame Excavation
OWNER: Dumbarton Oaks/Harvard University
DATE: 2015 to Present
CONTRACTOR: Renovation Services, Inc.
Montgomery Smith, Inc.
Re-construction Assessment
Construction Documents

The excavations of the Dumbarton Oaks’ Frame Yard executed during the summers of 2012 and 2013 brought to light, for the first time since 1949, the foundation walls, walks and floor plan of the “Hot Frame” and connected “Cold Frame” structures. From these remnants of the frame structures, few and limited photos and some brief written records, the challenge was on to understand how these greenhouses were used and to re-construct the original Hot and Cold Frames as they appeared in the 1920’s and 1930’s.


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