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George Yonnone Restorations
PO Box 482
Great Barrington,
MA 01230
(413) 441-1478

Testimonials

I engaged George Yonnone Restorations to conduct the structural restoration on a group of barns. The 4 interconnected structures, built between 1780 and 1850, were in a state of complete disrepair.

-Stephen Daniel

It is my pleasure to recommend George Yonnone as one of the most qualified and experienced restorers of timber frame constructions in Berkshire County.


Curing All Sills

Old House Journal

December 1999

by Gordon Bock – photographs by Jon Crispin

Reprinted with Permission

Sills may be the lowliest parts of a wood frame house but, like the keel of a boat, they form the base that supports all other structural members. When old house sills succumb to rot and insect damage, [...]

Documenting Historic Restorations

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The word Restoration is painted with a wide brush and like the strands of that brush it represents many different crafts and skills.  Some people train for years in college, some apprentice with tradesman or artist and others realize a natural gift and apply it to the world around them.  I had the pleasure of [...]

LOWELL MA. COLUMN PROJECT

By George Yonnone

 On  October/21/2002 I received a call from Jim Rayner of Lowell MA. He had been directed to me by Preservation Consultant John Leeke of Portland ME.  Jim asked if I would come and look at a column restoration project in Lowell and said that no contractors would answer his calls and the ones [...]