Paint Analysis and Recommendation for Repainting: The Lynch & Kennedy Dry Goods Building
Pearson BE. 1979. Paint Analysis and Recommendation for Repainting: The Lynch & Kennedy Dry Goods Building. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, North Atlantic Preservation Center
The objective of this paint analysis is to determine the earliest exterior painting scheme of the Lynch & Kennedy Dry Goods Building located in Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Skagway, Alaska, for the purpose of recommending historically accurate colors for repainting. This document includes two reports: the initial July 1979 report and the August 1979 follow-up report. Eleven paint samples from the two front doors of the Lynch & Kennedy Dry Goods Building were analyzed. Of these eleven samples, ten were found to have either a dark green or cream first finish coat. Sample numbers 35, 36, 38 and 39 from the right door, and numbers 40, 41, 43 and 44 from the left door, have a first finish paint layer of a dark green color. Paint sample number 37 from the panel of the right door, and sample number 42 from the panel of the left door, both have first finish paint layers of a cream color. These first finish coats of dark green or cream are identical to those found in other paint samples previously analyzed from the first story facade of the Lynch & Kennedy Building. For this reason, the door paint samples were not exposed to near UV light or color matched to the Munsell Color Notation System because this has already been done. Paint sample number 45, from the weather strip of the left door, has only half the number of paint layers as the other ten samples from the doors. The first four paint layers are missing and the first finish layer is olive green. This absence of early paint layers may be explained by several possibilities: (1) this strip of wood was replaced or added at a later period of time, (2) the early layers were removed or worn off prior to repainting, (3) this strip of wood was not originally painted, or (4) this paint sample is not representative of the entire weather strip. A close examination of this area may reveal whether or not this is a new or replaced piece, or additional paint samples from this area may be examined to ascertain if earlier paint layers are found on other areas of the weather strip.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Pearson, Barbara
- Date of Issue
- 1979-08
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, North Atlantic Preservation Center
- Units
- AKR , KLGO
- Keywords
- chromochronology, dry goods building, gold rush, kennedy, lynch, paint, paint analysis, skagway, storefront