Masonry Preservation Celebrates 25 Years

Words: Dan Kamys

Masonry Preservation Celebrates 25 Years

Specializing in architectural maintenance and restoration, Masonry Preservation Services Inc. (MPS) is celebrating its 25-year anniversary. MPS services include fa??ade repair, masonry preservation and building envelope diagnostics. The first MPS project was a simple office building, and projects have since grown to include such landmarks and award-winning projects as Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater, the Pennsylvania State Capitol Building, Baltimore’s Harbor Court Complex, F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.), and Winston-Salem’s Reynolds Building. For more information about MPS, please visit masonrypreservation.com.

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