Old Time Restoration

Old Time Restoration is a small Winchendon, Massachusetts crew led by a steeplejack — someone who climbs and rebuilds the tall, delicate wooden structures on top of churches — rather than a general home contractor. A 2006 New York Times profile described the owner in exactly those terms, and a separate account from the same period gives a sense of the work itself: Steven B. Curtis and a two-person crew spent eleven weeks in Lexington, Virginia rebuilding the steeple of the R.E. Lee Memorial Episcopal Church. That combination — a lean crew, weeks on-site, and a landmark building — points to a company built around specialized restoration carpentry rather than routine remodeling or repair work. Worth asking about directly: a formal OSHA inspection resulted in two citations against the company and proposed penalties totaling $2,250. The available record doesn't say when the inspection happened or what exactly was cited, so it's worth raising before hiring. Beyond a few directory listings, there isn't a current customer review trail to draw on here, so this reads as a specialty outfit worth a direct conversation about a specific steeple or restoration project rather than a broadly reviewed general contractor.