Slingerland Vault Update

Much has happen since my last post about the Slingerland Vault in Slingerlands off New Scotland Road behind the former Mangia restaurant. In January the Town of Bethlehem has pledged to restore old Slingerland Family Burial Vault.

Last month a GoFundMe page was set up to defray the costs of restoring the vault. The page can be found here. Below are preliminary estimates for stabilizing and protecting the vault while retaining the vault’s historic character. These estimates do not include labor and materials provided by the Town.

$50,000 Rebuild stonework at front of vault
$10,000 Replacement of vault door (current door is beyond restoration)
$3,000 Replacement of vault identifying entablature
$10,000 Restoration of entrance (re-set pillars, replace chain, address drainage concerns)
$13,000 Installation of perimeter fence
$1,200 Historical marker
$25,000 Analyze and repair depression on top of vault
$112,200 Total

Another web site was recently created, The Slingerland Family Burial Vault was created and it details the progress of the vault restoration. The web site is very informative with a tab that holds numerous photos showing past and present work of the work in progress. Another tab offers a history of the Slingerland family. A donate tab is present that links directly to the GoFundMe page for this worthy project.

Please check out The Slingerland Family Burial Vault web page and consider donating to this long overdue project!