John Milner Architects has been selected to complete a full restoration of "High Hollow" - the home of architect George Howe - in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania.  Howe designed the home for his family in 1914, based on his student project at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and before joining the firm of Mellor & Meigs in 1916.  Beautifully sited on a steep slope overlooking Fairmount Park, the home features broad terraces and arched glass doors that slide into the masonry walls, linking the house with the landscape.  The interior retains much of the original design, as well as Howe's early renovations reflecting his evolution into Modernism.

 

                           

 

 

John Milner Architects, as consultants to HDR, Inc., is currently performing a conditions survey of an historic building on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.  Originally built in 1934 as the Army Air Corps Museum, the building was later converted to base offices.  The current project includes a restoration of the Indiana limestone and brick facade as well as the Art Deco foyer and rotunda.  The rotunda is beautifully detailed with Antique Verde marble, aluminum doors and an aluminum leaded glass skylight.

 

 

The first phase of the monumental portico restoration at The Woodlands has recently been completed.  The Woodlands estate, built as the eighteenth century country seat of William Hamilton, became one of the early suburban cemeteries in the United States during the nineteenth century.  Both the mansion and cemetery have been declared National Historic Landmarks.  John Milner Architects prepared an historic structure report and oversaw the first phase of the restoration, which included installing a steel structure, making structural improvements to the stone portico base, and replacing the badly deteriorated twenty-foot columns and bases while restoring the original wood Tuscan capitals. 

 

 

Built between 1913 and 1917 on Afton Mountain west of Charlottesville, VA, the main house at Royal Orchard was designed by the firm of Noland and Baskerville of Richmond and the interiors were designed by John Russell Pope of New York.  John Milner Architects was retained to prepare a comprehensive preservation and conservation plan for the house and outbuildings, and to undertake the first phase of the restoration which involves the roof.

 

 

John Milner Architects has been retained to design a new residence on West Caicos Reserve, a small island in Turks and Caicos.  Our client, an avid diver, selected the site because of its seclusion and proximity to Delvin's Cove, one of the most unique dive locations in the islands.  The historic sites and unspoiled natural environment of the island are being conserved, and new residences must be consistent with the historic character of the eighteenth century architecture of Turks and Caicos.

 

 

John Milner Architects has been selected to design clusters of new "Cottages", in the Mediterranean Revival style, for an historic residential community established in central Florida during the early twentieth century.  Complementing the existing architecture and landscape planned by Frederick Law Olmstead, Jr., the cottages are situated in a park setting with views of the award-winning golf course, created by Seth Raynor.

 

 

John Milner Architects has been retained, as consultant to HDR, Inc., to prepare a conditions assessment and conservation report for the facade of the First Bank of the United States, located in Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia.  Built between 1795 and 1797 according to the designs of Samuel Blodgett, the building's east facade features Pennsylvania blue marble cladding and a classical portical with carved wood pediment.

 

 

The Historic Beaufort Foundation, in conjunction with the City of Beaufort, SC, has retained John Milner Architects to assist them in updating preservation guidelines for the downtown National Register Historic District.

 

 

John Milner Architects is embarking on a major conservation and restoration program for Washington Memorial Chapel at Valley Forge National Historical Park.  Begun in 1903 according to the designs of Philadelphia architect Milton Bennett Medary, Jr., the chapel complex was later expanded under the direction of Zantzinger, Borie and Medary.  The gothic revival building contains the work of some of the most accomplished craftsmen of the period including Edward Maene (wood carvings), Nicola D'Ascenzo (stained glass) and Samuel Yellin (wrought iron).

 

 

Designs are currently being developed for rehabilitation of the Valley Forge Train Station to provide a reception and staging facility for visitors to George Washington's Headquarters and related buildings in the National Historical Park.  Our firm is serving as preservation architects for the project, as consultants to HDR, Inc.

 

 

Construction Documents have recently been completed for restoration and rehabilitation of the Deshler-Morris and Bringhurst Houses in the Germantown section of Philadelphia.  President Washington resided at the Deshler-Morris House in 1793 to escape the consequences of the Yellow Fever epidemic.  The adjacent Bringhurst House will be rehabilitated to provide visitor reception and orientation facilities for the site.  Our firm is serving as preservation architects for the project, as consultants to HDR, Inc.

 

 

Construction Documents have been prepared for the structural stabilization and architectural restoration of General Knox's Quarters in Valley Forge National Historical Park.  Various options are being considered by the National Park Service for reuse of the eighteenth century stone house.  Our firm is serving as preservation architects for the project, as consultants to Bargmann Hendrie + Archetype.

 

 

An Historic Structure Report has been completed and design services are scheduled to commence for the restoration of Stirling's Quarters in Valley Forge National Historical Park used by Major General William Alexander, Lord Stirling, during the winter encampment of Washington's army in 1777-1778.  John Milner Architects is serving as restoration architects for the professional team directed by HDR, Inc.

 

 

A number of preservation and conservation projects are currently underway on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, including the facades of the Fisher Fine Arts Library and the Arthur Ross Gallery, Weightman Hall, The Morgan Music Building, The John Morgan Medical Building and the Quadrangle Dormitories.

 

 

John Milner Architects is in involved in a number of Historic Federal Building projects including the following: