Historic Masonry
Workshop Expert Instructor:
John Lambert

John Lambert is the Founder and President Abstract Masonry Restoration, a 20-year-old historic masonry restoration contracting and consulting company located in Boston, Massachusetts and Salt Lake City, Utah. He has provided the expert historic masonry consulting and/or contracting services for several of America’s most notable masonry buildings.

He is a frequent speaker / trainer at historic preservation conferences and workshops sponsored by organizations such as The Association for Preservation Technology (APT), Restoration & Renovation, The American Natural Cement Conference and several other national and local historic preservation alliances.

In addition to serving on several historic preservation-related boards of trustee, John’s preservation leadership includes serving as the past Chairman of the Board of The Traditional Building Skills Institute. He has traveled, studied and trained in, England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, France and Mexico. He also serves on ASTM Subcommittee C12.03.03, the task group charged with developing new national standards for restoration mortars.

John is a passionate collector of original rare and historic books, periodicals and documents written on masonry construction between 1703 and the early 1900’s. As an avid student of these valuable resources, he has gained unique insight into the minds of the architects, engineers and craftsmen of the time. It is thought that he owns the most comprehensive collection available.

John’s experience includes working on the following historic masonry structures:

• The original home of Ralph Waldo Emerson in Concord, Massachusetts
• Civil War Headquarters of General Robert E. Lee in West Virginia
• Historic Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia
• Utah State Capitol Building in Salt Lake City, Utah
• St. George Reef Lighthouse in Pacific Ocean off coast of northern California
• South Channel Lighthouse in Lake St. Clair, Michigan
• Historic Nevada Northern Railroad train depots in Ely and McGill, Nevada
• First Presbyterian Church on South Temple St. in Salt Lake City, Utah
• Greek Orthodox Church in Salt Lake City, Utah
• LDS Tabernacle on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah
• LDS Tabernacle in Paris, Idaho
• LDS Tabernacle in Logan, Utah
• Historic Fort Douglas in Salt Lake City, Utah
• Utah’s Governor’s Mansion in Salt Lake City, Utah
• Historic Federal Courthouse in Casper, Wyoming
• David Keith Mansion on South Temple St. in Salt Lake City, Utah
• McCune Mansion in Salt Lake City, Utah

(801) 262-6344 ex21, or e-mail john@masonry-restoration.com.