Fairfield volunteers seek roof repair at Greenfield Hill Cemetery; commission pushes to retain terracotta

Michael Howard, the applicant and project representative, told the Historic District Commission of the Town of Fairfield on Jan. 30 that volunteers who have been restoring Greenfield Hill Cemetery want to repair the cemetery entryway roof at 2736 Bronson Road and recommended pressure-treated redwood shingles as the replacement material.

The repair is part of a broader volunteer restoration that began in February 2016. The cemetery, owned by the town of Fairfield, contains numerous historic interments — volunteers counted about 93 names on a bronze plaque at the entry and said the count may be about 103 Revolutionary War interments — and project leaders say completing the entryway roof is the remaining priority before they consider the restoration finished.

Why it matters: Greenfield Hill Cemetery is a locally significant historic site with Revolutionary War burials and a long-running volunteer restoration. The commission flagged material choice and…