Historic

Rehabilitaion in the Quarter

Mayer Building Company recently delivered a project on St Philip Street in the heart of the Vieux Carre. The majority of the work consisted of weatherboard cladding and sheathing replacement and fabricating new historically accurate windows and shutters. Once the restoration work was complete, we painted all facades of this old wooden treasure.

Mayer Building Company recently turned over a preventative maintenance package on three Landmarked buildings on Baronne St. We achieved all the guidelines for the historic permit prior to the work. After that, we set out to complete the tasks that MBC and the Owner concluded would be the best way of keeping moisture out of the three buildings. We caulked and puttied and painted windows, changed select weatherboards, removed and replaced fascia boards and gutter coves. We added downspouts, replaced gutters and installed new scuppers. We primed, back-primed and painted all repairs.

In April, just before French Quarter Fest, the Mayer Building Company team delivered a compact, but finely detailed kitchen and bath renovation to a French Quarter condominum residence on Royal Street. Our clients, from Atlanta, Georgia, expected a highly discriminating finish package, a premium appliance set, and a number of top-notch accents. We delivered all.

In April 2012, Mayer Building Company commenced a major overhaul of the 4-story 1840s masonry townhouse (read mansion). Ten months later, one of the finest residences in the French Quarter emerged. This home, which had once been converted into four condos or apartments, is now re-establised as a single family home in granduer and panache. Above the gas lanterns, two galleries, dressed in iron lace, catch river breezes and views well into the Marigny/ Bywater. The home, designed with eloborate and ornate finishes, Victorian in some places, Louis XIV in others is a study in custom craftsmanship and artisan applications. 510 Esplanade also contains state-of-the-art equipment blended into its style for super-ergonomics in the kitchen, baths, palors and recreation areas.

Prior to “Super Bowl Week” 2013, Mayer Building Company delivered a sleek, modern satellite office for our client, French Quarter Realty. This interior renovation included replacing an aged unused gallery space at 713 Royal Street, with a new polished office and sales space for the Vieux Carre’s premier real estate house.

Mayer Building Company conveyed a small expansion at Dickie Brennan’s Bourbon House on December 21st 2012 in time for their Christmas rush. The project was unveiled for lunch service on the day of the New Orleans Bowl. It included converting an unused room, essentially an oversized janitor’s closet, into a full service Bourbon Bar, replete with custom cypress and glass millwork.

Mayer Building Company was hired to replace three failing casement windows, reduce an old brick fence and brick columns, replace cypress weatherboard, and rebuild an historic stoop at a residence on Barracks Street downtown. The nature of this work, like so many other Mayer jobs, dealt with delivering high-end, historic work that is also built to last.

On Dumaine Street In Mid City, Mayer Building Company performed a relatively simple conversion of a front and back double to a single. In keeping with the Craftsman style, we installed milled banding around the door frames, employed salvaged New Orleans cypress doors and recycled rim locks. We also installed a massive built-in bookshelf and storage cabinet that was salvaged from another Mayer Building Co project.

Mayer Building Company performed a three week renovation of a 1920s shotgun double on renown street Grand Route St. John this summer.

Testimonials

Recently our commercial construction project came to a successful completion, and we are open for business. I appreciate the efforts of Mayer Building Company in getting my premium coffee shop open early.

Geoffrey Meeker, FRENCH TRUCK COFFEE

I brag about you and your people all of the time.. I get constant compliments on the building! Recently our commercial construction project came to a successful completion, and we are open for business. I appreciate the efforts of Mayer Building Company in building out our new offices on time and within budget.

Shannon Summersgill, SUMMERSGILL CPA

Thanks again for a job well done! We have completed over 30 Cyclebars across the country in the past year. The New Orleans (Magazine Street) site was not only one of the best but working with Mayer exceeded all expectations. I look forward to future work with the Mayer Team.

Tad Bourgeois, Director of Construction, CONSOLIDATED DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

Y’all did such a nice job. Thank you so much for your careful work. You’ve helped transform our space!

The Rev’d Canon John A. Kellogg, THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF LA

I just want to thank you and your staff for going above and beyond during this build out process. With us being in a different city, y’all have been awesome to work with. Y’all have accommodated every change within our construction window and have helped us greatly on things that couldn’t have gotten done without you and your staff’s help. Thanks so much. It is greatly appreciated.

Philip Jacobson, WEXNER COMPANIES/JOSEPH

Thank you very much for doing such a great job. The rooms look great and the inconvenience to us was minimal at worst. Your personnel was friendly and easy to work with. Fred was really great. We are very pleased with the result. Thank you and I hope to work with you again on another project.

Lehan Wilson, HOMEOWNER

I was concerned about doing a renovation at a place that was many states away from where I lived. I needed someone that I could count on and could handle every aspect of the renovation. I also required someone who was familiar with the permit requirements for an historical building in New Orleans….I would highly recommend Ryan Mayer to any potential client. I was extrememly pleased with the work he performed and would use him again for any additional contracting needs that I may have.

Margie Dominach

We are always excited to partner up with MBC to work on our new location developments or redesigns,
as we can always count on quality, timeliness, and most importantly, the right level of communication
in the client relationship.
As we grow City Greens, we look forward to working with the Mayer Building Company in the very near future.

Abhi Bhansali, CITY GREENS

It is with pleasure, and of my own initiative, I am writing this letter of gratitude
for the work you and your company performed at 4905-11 Magazine Street.

As the architect of that renovation, I worked closely with you, your superintendent
Fred Goodrow, and your staff during the months of construction. Your knowledge, experience, and good judgement, and that of your
employees, were critical in addressing these issues and contributed significantly
to the successful completion of the work.

Both the building owner and I are very proud of the results and are grateful to
you and your staff for a job very well done. I sincerely look forward to the next
time it is my good fortune to work with you.

Brooks Graham, GRAHAM LITTLE STUDIO

Thanks for everything, Ryan! We look forward to working with you again in the future.

Jewelynn Nice, TRINITY EPISCOPAL SCHOOL

We found the team at Mayer Building Company to be communicative,
eﬃcient, and responsive throughout our project. Capsule was able to
eﬀectively remotely manage this project extremely eﬀectively, resulting in an
on time delivery with only very minimum punch list. Please accept this letter
as recognition of your company’s evident skills in construction
management, quality control and safety.

Meghan Ettenger, CAPSULE

Historic

Rehabilitaion in the Quarter

Preventative Maintenance at Historic Properties on Baronne

French Quarter Kitchen & Bath

510 Esplanade

French Quarter Realty Office Build Out

Bourbon House Build-Out

Exterior Improvements on Barracks

Double to Single Conversion

Rental Property Renovation

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