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 $200,000 to complete this first phase. 

 

This phase will include power wash and preparation of the Tower Building's exterior, repairs to the window sills, upper column windows and rosettes. 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).