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Historic Buildings and Homes 

A window cleaner cleans leaded glass in a large historic house from a ladder
A crew cleans historic windows with owner in foreground smiling
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Prestissimo is a trusted service provider to some of the most architecturally important historic structures in southeast Michigan.  We provide both institutions and homeowners with expert preservation grade maintainance.  Window cleaning is an essential aspects of historic preservation.  Prestissimo is a proud member of the Window Preservation Alliance, and we vocally advocate for saving, not replacing historic windows where possible.   

We are humbled to lay hands on, and be an integral part of the preservation of buildings made by titans of architectural history, including Frank Lloyd Wright, Albert Kahn, Minoru Yamasaki, and Eliel Saarinen, to name a few.  It is a responsibility that we take very seriously. 

 

Historic windows and building components require different maintenance schedules and cleaning processes than their modern counterparts.  Even the language describing their parts and workings is of a bygone era.  We are enthusiastic promoters of historic preservation and are eager to advise you on the cleaning and maintenance of your historic structure.  

A large wooden storm window is removed from a historic leaded glass steel casement
A technician cleans muntin panes on a historic wooden window with a squeegee
A technician cleans historic leaded glass with a towel
A technician cleans historic leaded glass with a waterfed pole
A window cleaner cleans leaded glass panes by hand from a ladder
A gloved hand cleans historic ornate leaded glass with a sea sponge
A window cleaner carries a large wooden storm window down a ladder on a tudor home
A window cleaner cleans library windows from a ladder with statues in a pond in the foreground
2 window cleaners clean the windows of the historic skillman library in Detroit with a waterfed pole
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