Lee Kennedy Co.’s historical restoration of the Old State House tower has been recognized with a 2009 Preservation Achievement Award by the Boston Preservation Alliance.
The Old State House was named a winner in the Restoration of an Iconic Boston Landmark category.
Lee Kennedy Co. collaborated with The Bostonian Society, Tellalian Associates Architects & Planners and Preservation Technology Assoc. on the complex historical restoration.
In four months, the team re-gilded the tower’s gold dome, restored the windows, applied new copper roofing and wood siding and performed other repairs in a $1 million effort to make the 295-year-old structure watertight, according to Lee Kennedy Co.
The team also re-gilded the original weather vane atop the tower, which dates back to 1713 when the Old State House was first constructed.





