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 ...

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 ...

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

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. ...

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

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.

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.

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.