Our Work
Friends of Rye Town Park
Tower Building restoration
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Help Restore the Heart of Rye Town Park – The Tower Building Needs You!
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The gardens are thriving, the pathways are welcoming, and Rye Town Park has never looked better—thanks to your donations and the Friends of Rye Town Park. But one vital piece is still missing: The Tower Building.
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In April 2025, the Friends of Rye Town Park will begin restoring the exterior of the Tower Building, as well as the "Tower Left" wall, which runs from the Tower Building to Dearborn Ave. We need to raise $350,000 to complete this first phase.
This phase will include repair, power wash and preparation of the Tower Building's exterior, repairs to the window sills, upper column windows and rebuilding/repairing the rosette windows. We will then apply the appropriate exterior coating to restore it to its original finish.
For the Tower Left wall, we will remove the existing crumbled stucco, make the necessary repairs to the underlying brick wall, rebuild the columns and crowns, refinish the wall with the appropriate stucco on the park-facing side and repaint the parking lot-facing side.
As you can see below, this building needs a great deal of work. How much we can do depends on YOU. Please donate! Watch our progress in person or on Instagram @friendsofryetownpark
Thank you to Brian Jackson for providing some of these photos (watermarked with his name).
In 2024, we transformed the flagpole garden area, added Adirondack chairs and made it into a cozy seating area with beautiful views of Long Island Sound.
Another 2024 Success: Skilled artisans restored the building's six main doors and three leaded glass transom windows.
2025 Project: The Tower Building
The tower surface will be fully power washed, repaired and prepped. Window sills, upper column windows, and rosettes will be repaired before the proper exterior coating is applied.
2025 Project:Left Tower WaLL
Our craftsman will repair the damaged crown pieces, strip, repair and stucco the wall.
