Father Theodore Bean, with the restoration work crew, gets ready to ascend the spire's scaffolding. Look up, look up wherever you are and you will see that the restoration of The Episcopal Cathedral of the Incarnation's spire is complete. The magnificent gold cross has been transported back to the top of the spire and the scaffolding will begin to come down on or around June 15. It will take several months to remove the yards and yards of steel and wood that currently surrounds the church. The beautiful carillon, housed in the spire, will soon be ringing joyful music once again. The spire project, which has taken several years to complete, is the largest part of the continued restoration of this exquisite piece of Gothic architecture right here in our village.

To keep his congregation focused on the daunting spire task, Archbishop Theodore Bean, the Provost of the Cathedral, promised to climb the 22 stories of scaffolding when it was time to restore the cross to its perch atop the spire. That feat was accomplished the week of June 3rd as Archdeacon Bean climbed the scaffolding despite his fear of heights.

Father Theodore blesses the spire's cross with prayers and Holy Water. The Cathedral of the Incarnation is most grateful to those who contributed to the spire restoration and honored the burial place of our village's founder Alexander Turney Stewart who is entombed in the undercroft of the Cathedral. Stay tuned as there is still more work to be done to return our village landmark to pristine condition.

Father Bean don't look down, look up look up! The workers carefully hoist the shrouded cross up the 22 stories of scaffolding The huge cross is lowered onto its resting spot atop the Cathedral's spire. The work crew locks the base of the cross into place. The restoration experts carefully expose the newly gilded cross that has towered over our village for over a century.