Additional Historic Preservation Projects


Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois

As the sole remaining building of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, the Palace of Fine Arts Building, now the Museum of Science and Industry (MSI), is one of Chicago’s best-known landmarks. The National Trust awarded MSI a grant to restore its six iconic domes. BauerLatoza Studio is leading the thoughtful restoration to the timeless exterior, protecting the interior architecture and museum collections therein.

  • Client: Museum of Science and Industry
  • Project Address: 57th Street and Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois
  • Project Size: Six iconic domes
  • Construction Cost: $800,000
  • Services Provided: Restoration Design Documents and Construction Documents

 

Old Market House State Historic Site, Galena, Illinois

Built in 1845 as a farmers’ market, the Old Market House went on to serve as the chambers for the City Council, the Judge’s quarters, the jail, and the fire department. BauerLatoza Studio renovated the building with exhibit spaces and restored the city council chambers. New pedestrian pathways complimented the overall site design.

  • Client: The Capital Development Board of Illinois
  • Project Address: William G. Stratton Building, 401 S. Spring Street, Third Floor, Springfield, Illinois
  • Project Size: 7,125 square feet/Site: 1 acre
  • Construction Cost: $575,000
  • Services Provided: Design Documents, Construction Documents, Construction Administration, Site Design
  • Awards: 1999 Thomas H. Madigan Outstanding Achievement Award, Capital Development Board of Illinois

 


Chicago Avenue Pumping Station, Chicago, Illinois

An accompaniment to the Water Tower, the Pumping Station was one of the few buildings left standing in the area after the Great Chicago Fire. After assessing the condition of the Joliet limestone façade, BauerLatoza Studio implemented the method of cleaning we designated for the Tower, adding consolidant and water repellants to stop further deterioration of the facade. To compliment the restoration, the copper and wood windows were restored and refinished.

  • Client: City of Chicago, Department of General Services
  • Project Address: 821 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
  • Project Size: 30,000 square feet
  • Construction Cost: $1.8 million
  • Services Provided: Restoration Design Documents and Construction Documents
  • Awards: 2003 Preservation Excellence Award from the City of Chicago – Commission on Chicago Landmarks

 


Forts Buford and Totten, Williston and Devil’s Lake, North Dakota

BauerLatoza Studio authored historic structures reports for Fort Buford, a 189-acre post from 1866 and location of Sitting Bull’s final surrender, and Fort Totten, an 1874 Native American boarding school that once served as a tuberculosis preventorium. The firm then designed and established a vocational “hands-on” training program targeted to train Native Americans the techniques and methods to restore and renovate the forts.

  • Client: The State Historical Society of North Dakota
  • Project Address: Williston and Devil’s Lake, North Dakota
  • Project Size: 189 acres
  • Construction Cost: $750,000
  • Services Provided: Historic Structures Reports

 


Fountain of Time, Chicago, Illinois

“Time goes, you say? Ah, no, alas, time stays; we go.”—a variation on Ronsard (1877), translated by Austin Dobson

This quote inspired Lorado Taft in his sculpting of The Fountain of Time, a cast-in-place, exposed aggregate monument that embodies innovative American techniques dominating statuary in the early 20th century. Taft worked with concrete engineer JJ Earley to realize the construction of what is considered the greatest concrete sculpture in America. After extensive assessments and material analysis, BauerLatoza Studio conducted a two-phase restoration for the Fountain.

  • Client: The Art Institute of Chicago
  • Project Address: West End of the Midway Plaisance, Chicago, Illinois
  • Project Size: 120 feet long by 18 feet high by 14 feet wide and varies in thickness from one inch to three inches
  • Construction Cost: $1 million
  • Services Provided: Two-phase Restoration Program

 


The Overton Hygienic Building, Chicago, Illinois

Headquarters for the Overton Hygienic Manufacturing Company, this building provided the first new office space available to African-American professionals in the Bronzeville Community. Abandoned for over 20 years, BauerLatoza Studio prepared an assessment for restoring the building in 1998. In 2006, we worked with VOA Architects to complete the design and see the construction through to completion.

  • Client: The Davis Group
  • Project Address: 3619 S. State Street, Chicago, Illinois
  • Project Size: 31,000 square feet
  • Construction Cost: $4.2 million
  • Services Provided: Design Documents, Construction Documents, Construction Administration
  • Awards: 2009 Outstanding Rehabilitation Award, The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation – Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois; 2008 Preservation Excellence Award, City of Chicago – Commission on Chicago Landmarks

 

 


The Manhattan Building, Chicago, Illinois

BauerLatoza performed a critical examination of the granite, brick and terra cotta facade of the skyscraper, originally built in 1891. The design and construction documents then focused on restoration and repair of the exterior facades. The project also included restoration of the original wood windows, reconstruction of projecting bays with new copper roofs, and restoration of the original copper signage at the building’s entrance.

  • Client: Manhattan Building
  • Project Address:431 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois
  • Project Size:136,600 square feet (16 stories)
  • Construction Cost:$4.1 million
  • Services Provided:Critical Exam, Restoration Design Documents, Construction Documents, Construction Administration
  • Awards:2006 Best Restoration Award by the Friends of Downtown; 2005 Preservation Excellence Award from the City of Chicago – Commission on Chicago Landmarks