John Milner Architects has begun a major restoration of the "Horace Jayne Residence" at 19th and Delancey Streets in Philadelphia's Rittenhouse Square neighborhood.  Designed in 1895 by the renowned architect Frank Furness, the National Register building originally served as the residence and office of Dr. Horace Jayne and his family.  Department store magnate Jacob Lit made significant interior changes in the 1920's, and subsequent alterations occurred since the 1940's to accommodate offices for various private organizations.  Despite all of these changes, many original features survive including the two-story oak paneled central hall with a leaded-glass skylight.  The current project will return the building to its original use as a family residence.  Work will include a new terracotta roof to match the original, full exterior masonry restoration/conservation, removal of numerous office partitions, and general interior renovation.  Milner+Carr Conservation will be executing specific conservation treatments for brick and stone masonry, terracotta, woodwork, stained glass, metals and ceramic tile.

 

                                       

 

 

The Church of the Redeemer in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania was designed in 1880 by noted Episcopal church architect Charles Burns in the English Gothic Revival style.  The Parish House, also designed by Burns, was completed in 1885.  The Church, Parish House and Rectory sit on 11 acres of wooded land that includes a churchyard and memorial garden.  In 2008 John Milner Architects completed Schematic Design documents for renovations and additions to the Church Building and Parish House, with limited site improvements.  The intent is to phase the construction over several years.  John Milner Architects completed the construction documents for the church building project and construction commenced in May, 2009.

 

                                                    

 

 

St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Philadelphia was designed by architect John Notman, based on plans from the Ecclesiological Society in England.  The Church was designed in the English Gothic Revival style and was dedicated in 1850.  In early 2009, John Milner Architects completed an historic preservation plan and space utilization plan for the Church Building, Parish House, Rectory and Gardens.

 

 

The next phase of restoration at The Woodlands is set to begin construction.  This phase will include the restoration of the mansion's south facade including completion of the portico restoration project.  Also, the first, second, and third floor window frames will be restored and new energy-efficient window sash installed.  A vertical lift and other accesibility upgrades will also be installed.  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, this magnificent property includes a castle-like stone residence and a number of outbuildings.  The residence 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 prepared a comprehensive preservation and conservation plan for the house and outbuildings, and designed a recently completed project to install a new roof to correct the serious on-going problems of moisture infiltration that had compromised the John Russell Pope interiors.  Milner + Carr Conservation, LLC has recently completed the extensive conservation treatments for the interiors of the main residence.

 

                        

 

 

John Milner Architects collaborated with Historic Fort Worth, Winterthur Museum and Country Estate and Hull Historical Millwork to create a new house in which was featured in the 2008 Designers' Show Case.  The house features interiors inspired by Winterthur's historic architectural collections, and is one of the initial projects for a new community in Fort Worth, Texas based on traditional residential design.

 

 

Our firm has recently been retained to design a new residential compound on a dramatic site in Dover, Massachusetts.  The main house and its supporting buildings are being designed to take maximum advantage of the property's many amenities, including expansive views of Mount Wachusett, Mount Monadnock and the Blue Hills.  We are collaborating on the project with Keith LeBlanc, Landscape Architects and Gauthier Stacy, Interior Designers.

 

 

Designs have been completed, and construction documents are being prepared for a new residence on the Tred Avon River near Easton, Maryland.  The site is nestled in a grove of white pines and the house will have a dramatic 180-degree view of the water.

 

 

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.

 

 

Rehabilitation of the Valley Forge Train Station  will be completed in March of 2009.  The building has been adapted and rehabilitated to provide a National Park Service reception and staging facility for visitors to Washington's Headquarters and related structures in Valley Forge National Historical Park.  Our firm served as preservation architects for the project, as consultants to HDR, Inc.

 

 

The restoration and rehabilitation of the Deshler-Morris and Bringhurst Houses in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, will be completed in March of 2009.  President Washington resided in the Deshler-Morris House in 1793 to escape the consequences of the Yellow Fever epidemic.  The Bringhurst House will provide National Park Service visitor reception and orientation facilities for the site.  Our firm served as preservation architects, as consultants to 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: