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Gloucester County supervisors review 95% preservation report for Court Circle buildings
Summary
Contractor Andrew Marshall presented a 95% draft condition-assessment for six Court Circle buildings, flagging urgent masonry and moisture problems, estimating about $95,000 to underpin a failing corner of the 1824 debtors prison and recommending phased, prioritized repairs to protect the 1766 Colonial Courthouse.
Gloucester County supervisors on Jan. 9 received a near-final condition-assessment for six historic buildings and the surrounding landscape at Court Circle that identifies urgent masonry and moisture problems and preliminary cost estimates for prioritized stabilization work.
Andrew Marshall, a preservation architect with MTFA architecture, told supervisors the firm is "at the 95% draft stage" of a report that pairs historical narrative with building-by-building condition assessments and treatment recommendations designed to be implemented in phases. "This is an extremely unique courthouse site," Marshall said, describing an ensemble of buildings dating from 1766 through the 20th century.
The report details a set of exterior-envelope and moisture-management problems that threaten long-term preservation and use. Marshall said the Colonial Courthouse's hand-molded brick and porous mortar, compounded by mid-20th-century sandblasting and non-breathable interior repairs, are trapping…
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