Burnham & LaRoche Associates - Stained Glass

Burnham & LaRoche Associates is not a typical window, siding or gutter contractor — it's a Medford stained-glass studio, and the trade here is fabricating and restoring ornamental glass for churches, historic homes and the craftspeople who work alongside them. The company says it traces back over a century, formed from the 1922 Wilbur H. Burnham Studio and the 1895 LaRoche Studio, two of the older names in American stained glass, with Kevin M. Ryan running the shop today. The one detailed account on file is glowing and specific. A 2025 review described Kevin repairing and restoring two original stained-glass windows in a home over 130 years old, matching the new glass to the old so closely the reviewer couldn't tell which panes were replaced. Similar praise for his work shows up elsewhere: a fellow stained-glass artist credited him with fabricating, transporting and installing a piece of liturgical glasswork, and a trade magazine profiled him discussing how church restoration work has replaced the ecclesiastical commissions that used to be the industry's bread and butter. There isn't much of a public review trail to lean on beyond that one account, so most of what's known about the studio's standing comes from its trade reputation and a handful of third-party mentions rather than a deep base of customer feedback. For restoring or fabricating stained glass — a church window, a Tiffany lamp, a period home's original glass — this is a specialist shop with a century-plus pedigree behind it; it isn't the right call for ordinary vinyl window replacement or siding work.