What Does it Take to Restore a Cathedral?

On February 25, 2026, the Cathedral hosted a zoom event with Ray Pepi who presented on the effort and care taken to maintain this historic building with a Q&A portion facilitated by Director of Cathedral Facilities, Jim Patterson.

Ray Pepi is the President of Building Conservation Associates, Inc., which he founded in 1985. Ray is a widely respected expert in the conservation and regulation of historic buildings and has contributed his knowledge and expertise to the field as a lecturer in Architectural Materials Testing at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Building Conservation graduate studies program and New York University’s Real Estate Institute. Ray publishes and speaks on a wide variety of conservation topics, including masonry cleaning, sandstone repair, terra cotta, stone restoration, bronze and stone statue restoration, cast iron, and digital tools for project management and building maintenance. He is the Chair of the American Friends of the Old Royal Naval College, part of a World Heritage Site, in Greenwich, London; and serves on the board of the Stephen T. Mather Building Arts & Craftsmanship High School in New York, NY.

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