| 1995 |
Conservatory closes due to severe windstorm damage in early December.
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| 1998 |
The World Monuments Fund places the Conservatory on the list of the 100 most endangered world monuments.
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| 1998 |
The National Trust's Save America's Treasures and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton adopt the Conservatory.
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| 1999 |
Friends of Recreation & Parks' Board of Trustees votes to lead a multimillion-dollar fundraising effort to restore the Conservatory.
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| 1999 |
The San Francisco Garden Club donates funds to build a temporary greenhouse behind the Conservatory.
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| 1999 |
Phase I restoration work on the Conservatory begins.
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| 2001 |
Phase I is completed and Phase II begins in the West Wing.
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| 2002 |
Phase II is completed and Phase III begins in the East Wing and Dome.
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| 2002 |
Finial is craned from the upper dome on March 2, and dome dismantling begins.
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| 2003 |
Restored upper dome craned onto lower dome on January 10.
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| 2003 |
Phase III is completed.
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| Sept. 20, '03 |
Reopening Celebration at the Conservatory.
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