The shop
Craftsmen for Chicago’s memory.
Since 1999, AGG has restored bronze, aluminum, granite, and wood for cemeteries, parks, churches, and civic grounds across the United States.
The method
Conservation, not a coat of paint.
We bring gentle cleaning, metal patina, stone repair, protective coatings, and lettering that matches what was cut the first time. Headstones, plaques, statues, and columbaria each get a plan written to the piece in front of us.
Families call for a single stone. Cities call for a plaza of bronze. Firehouses, parishes, and cemetery superintendents call when a name has gone dark. The approach is the same — assess, write it down, restore, hand it back.
Expert craft
Bronze, aluminum, granite, marble, wood, and the grounds around them — each with its own method.
Personal brief
We walk the site with you. The plan is written to the memorial in front of us, not a catalog package.
Full bench
Restoration, gardens, historic building care, and mobile engraving so one call covers the grounds.
American Grave Groomers
A national craft, a Chicago shop.
AGG Restoration is the restoration arm of American Grave Groomers, founded to keep America’s monuments and cemeteries readable. From Sarasota headquarters to shops across the country, the Chicago team serves Chicagoland lots, historic parks, and the memorials that mark this city’s wars, parishes, and families.