Dr.Thomas Koon House Restoration

10/06/2025

AI removed electrical lines. What a huge difference if these were underground.

04/13/2025

Original 1912 light fixture. Repaired and proudly hung in Master Bedroom. She's a beauty!

12/19/2023

Light fixture in place. Original to the house.

04/07/2023

Looks so bare without the trees.

02/05/2023

The Wright-designed Rollin & Elizabeth Furbeck House returns to Wright Plus!

Wright’s work is often synonymous with horizontality, but this home, built during the early years of his independent practice, harmoniously combines both vertical elements and horizontal features.

Tour a residence designed by a master on Saturday, May 20 during our annual housewalk: https://bit.ly/3uIeIjZ

Photo: James Caulfield

11/17/2022

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126752811/thomas-walter-koon

CUMBERLAND,MARYLAND —- Thomas Koon was a son of Walter F Koon having been born and raised in Newberry County, South Carolina. In 1900, he moved to Cumberland after attending the College of Physicians and Doctors in Baltimore, Maryland. He was Mayor of Cumberland for 11 consecutive terms from 1914 ...

10/06/2022

Original 100-year-old lincrusta in brown, unpainted. Apparently, the room was light green, and then the metallic silver was added with a dark green glaze. I wanted to document this before the radiators go back in place.

10/06/2022

Dining room.

10/06/2022

Dining room progress.

08/07/2022

Back to its original beauty.

08/07/2022

Restoration of upstairs fireplace. Awesome accomplishment by my cousin Paul Burch. Amazing change!

06/27/2022

Removed chandelier from storage. Cleaning and reassembling for placement in the dining room.