The Huntington District gets a stunning new CeDUR Live Oak roof

 

The historical Huntington Library District is important to Southern California culture. Let us examine the Huntington District located in Pasadena, California which has a beautiful new CeDUR Live Oak synthetic roof installed by our friends at Lesieur Roofing.

 
 
The Huntington Library District with a new CeDUR Synthetic roof.

The Huntington Background

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens is a collections-based research and educational institution serving scholars and the general public. The previous roof was a natural cedar shake wood roof that was aging and degrading.

Architect Fredrick Kennedy Jr. designed this home in the Federalist style, unique to Pasadena, California back in 1923.  It has since been re-imagined and completed in 2020. The magnificent new construction located in the prestigious Huntington Library District is on a 28,094 square foot lot that features a beautiful new CeDUR synthetic roof.

The Huntington Library is one of the world's great independent research libraries, with some 11 million items spanning the 11th to 21st centuries. The Art Museum features European and American art spanning more than 500 years and includes more than 42,000 objects. The Botanical Gardens encompass approximately 130 acres of the 207-acre grounds and contains more than a dozen spectacular themed gardens.

Each year, The Huntington:

  • Provides nearly 2,000 scholars with access to a world-class collection of rare books, manuscripts, photographs, maps, paintings, prints, sculpture, and decorative arts.

  • Awards $2.1 million in fellowships (through a peer-review process) to scholars for advanced humanities research.

  • Educates thousands of schoolchildren and their teachers in art, history, literature, and botanical science through special tours and programs.

  • Organizes special exhibitions to enhance the visitor experience, interpret the collections, and facilitate learning.

  • Hosts more than 800,000 visitors.

  • Learn more about the Huntington by clicking here.

We are proud to be the roofing material of choice on the historic Huntington Library District!

Special Thanks to everyone involved with this project.