The joints will be re-soldered with new lead.
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Joliet said that after the the windows are disassembled, the old lead will be sold to a local recycling center. "After 100 years, it loses its elasticity." "Lead contracts in the cold, and expands when it's hot," she said.
Joliet said each panel is secured by lead, noting that weather has taken its toll. "The color is the same as it was 100 years ago," she said. The colors are created through oxides, which are added when the glass is in molten form, and permeate the material when applied, Joliet said. Joliet said opalescent glass looks good day or night. In the decades since, extensive renovations were done to the sanctuary, bell tower and roof. It acquired the current building from Simpson United Methodist in 1962 for $65,000 and took possession in 1964. Shiloh was founded by 20 members in 1925 at 815 Cherry Ave. SE. It became Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church in 1884. The black-stone church was built by the Second Methodist Church in 1880. "Both companies have been in business for at least 125 years, and we know these windows are at least 100 years old," Joliet said. They likely were made by Kokomo Opalescent Glass in Kokomo, Indiana, or the Paul Wissmach Glass Co. in Paden City, West Virginia. The windows are made of opalescent glass, only produced in the U.S., she said. Wendy Joliet, co-owner of Studio Arts & Glass, is overseeing the effort as it will take about three weeks to restore each window. "We have to get these together for the next generation." Studio Arts & Glass and what it takes to restore stained windows "We've been working with them for 20 years," she said.
More: Canton's Hammer & Nails is fixing houses and changing livesīoyd said her interest in preserving the windows led to her enrolling in a stained art glass class at Studio Arts & Glass in 2013. More: 'Come to the Table' Cross Pointe ministry embraces growth and an early church tradition "When it's finished will depend on how much money we can raise."
in the (southwest) corner because they were the worst shape," he said. Charles Prince, senior pastor, said the first window was removed April 4 and taken to Jackson Township-based Studio Arts & Glass, which is handling the restoration work.Įach section will cost at least $2,000 to restore. The overdue work has begun in earnest at the downtown church at 700 Market Ave. CANTON – Restoring the stained glass windows at Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church has been a 20-year dream for longtime member Selma Boyd.
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