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President James A. Garfield was the 20th President of the
United States of America. His Lawnfield Estate was a 29-room,
three-story mansion, carriage house with stables, a separate office for
speeches, and a windmill. The National Park Service authorized the
renovation and historic preservation of Lawnfield in a tribute to the
former President.
The first phase of the project was a $3.5 million transformation of
the carriage house to a visitors' center and offices for its staff.
The second phase included the careful but methodical $9.5 million
renovation of the existing mansion's wood structure to its 1888 grandeur.
The structural restorations included:
q Complete
documentation of the existing structures for historical purposes.
q Underpinning
existing stone foundations for frost protection.
q Reinforcement
of existing wood structure to accommodate current load requirements. Some
of the first floor framing was carefully "jacked-up" to eliminate
long-term creep deflection.
q Reinforcement
of deteriorated wood structure.
Structural modifications
were required to renovate the building to comply with current ADA
requirements.
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