Hank Silver, a carpenter from Massachusetts, works on roof trusses for the nave of Paris' Notre Dame cathedral. Courtesy of Hank Silver The 41-year-old shut up shop and ...

Among them are three artisans—Jackson Dubois, Michael Burrey, and Hank Silver—who were tapped by the French government to ...

Hank Silver in Paris this month. The opportunity to work on a project like the renovation of Notre-Dame Cathedral comes “once in a millennium,” the carpenter said.

Hank Silver, a carpenter from Massachusetts, works on roof trusses for the nave of Paris' Notre Dame cathedral. Courtesy of Hank Silver "It's maybe a bit of a maybe a controversial point to say ...

Hank Silver, a carpenter from Massachusetts, works on roof trusses for the nave of Paris' Notre Dame cathedral. / Credit: Courtesy of Hank Silver.

For Hank Silver, a carpenter from Massachusetts who is one of dozens of Americans to have worked on the cathedral’s restoration, Notre Dame’s reopening will be “bittersweet. ...

Carpenter Hank Silver making repairs to the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Joel Lawrence / NBC News However, 2,000 Oak trees were sourced from forests around Europe for the rebuild.

Will Gusakov from Vermont and Hank Silver from Massachusetts worked with the group "Carpenters Without Borders." They employed the same techniques that were ...

Hank's welcome party to Bre w City included then-Mayor Tom Barrett, former Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele, Brewers executives, television crews, kiddos eager to meet the four-legged phenom ...

After a fire ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral five years ago, Hank Silver traveled to Paris to use his carpentry skills as a member of Carpenters Without Borders to help repair the famous structure.

As the cathedral reopens its doors this Sunday after a massive $737 million restoration project, here’s an up-close look at how three American artisans who were part of this rare moment in history.

Among them are three artisans—Jackson Dubois, Michael Burrey, and Hank Silver—who were tapped by the French government to help resurrect this 860-year-old icon of architecture and French history.