Our Work
PLEASE HELP The Friends of Rye Town Park RAISE $200,000 TO UNLOCK $200,000 IN MATCHING FUNDS!
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Help Restore the Heart of Rye Town Park – The Tower Building Needs You!
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The Friends of Rye Town Park are thrilled to announce that the Sue and Edgar Wachenheim Foundation has pledged $200,000 toward our Tower Building Restoration Project, contingent on our raising $200,000 from additional sources by June 30, 2025. We are deeply grateful to Sue and Ed Wachenheim for their generosity.
The $400,000 Tower Building Restoration Project project includes repairing and restoring the stucco on the exterior of the Tower Building, restoring the eight quatrefoil “rosette” windows and rebuilding the crumbling wall that runs from the Tower Building toward Dearborn Ave. PLEASE DONATE TODAY!
As you can see below, this building needs a great deal of work. How much we can do depends on YOU. Watch our progress in person or on Instagram @friendsofryetownpark
Thank you to Brian Jackson for providing some of these photos (watermarked with his name).
The rosette windows are an exquisite detail of the Tower Building. We see that shape repeated in the building’s entryway pillars, and on the dedication plaque which dates to the Building’s 1909 opening. We found one original rosette window hidden in the basement, and it is beautifully crafted. We can’t wait for our artisans to restore these windows and the entire building exterior to its original glory.
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.
