Agassiz Administrative Center, Radcliffe Institute, Cambridge, MA

Built in 1904 and designed by the nephew of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Agassiz Hall was originally a theater arts center, which included classrooms and administrative space. It is now the admissions office and visitor center for Harvard University as well as a theater. The building has suffered from lack of maintenance and age and needed a variety of repairs to be the appropriate building that would create your first impression upon visiting the university.

After an investigation and study that provided an extensive list of repairs and renovations needed, recommended, and the associated costs, we implemented repairs to the roofing, including slate repair, copper replacement, as well as EPM replacement. The scope included repainting of the extensive wood cornice at the underside of the entire roof overhang after stripping down the original paint, painting of the windows and the installation of all new uniformly designed storm windows. The small custom size elevator was modernized after obtaining a variance from the architectural access board. We repaired the decorative wood columns at the entrance, including replacement of highly deteriorated column capitals with fiberglass to match the existing as well as waterproofing of below grade spaces at the building entrance plaza and under landscaped areas.

Massachusetts Historic Commission Preservation Award
Cambridge Historical Commission Preservation Award