Portfolio Tag: Preservation

999 North Lake Shore Drive

Designed by architect Benjamin Marshall and completed in 1912, this brick and limestone 10 story, 25 unit cooperatively owned apartment building located in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood has been a prominent part of the Streeterville lakefront for over 100 years. As the building architect, HPZS was contracted to review renovation plans for individual unit owners…
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George Clayson House Museum

The George Clayson House was built in 1873. After a series of owners, it was acquired in 1976 by the Palatine Public Library, the Palatine Park District, and the Palatine Historical Society. The Historical Society entered into an agreement to restore the house and operate it as a museum. HPZS was engaged as the restoration…
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Chicago Temple

The First United Methodist Church Chicago Temple was founded in 1831. The present structure, designed by Holabird and Roche, is one of Chicago’s most prominent buildings and contains a large church, offices, meeting spaces, a residence, storefront retail spaces, sixteen floors of commercial office space, a theatre and a “sky chapel." It was completed in…
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HENRY B. “WIDOW” CLARK HOUSE

The Henry B. “Widow” Clarke House is Chicago’s oldest surviving structure. It is a Greek Revival structure built circa 1836. Around 1871, the house was moved from its original location to a lot six miles south, and it remained there until 1977, when it was purchased by the City of Chicago. The moving task was…
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The Rookery

The Rookery, completed in 1888, was designed and constructed by the eminent Chicago Firm of Burnham & Root. The public spaces of the interior were remodeled by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1905. The Rookery is both a National Historic Landmark and a Chicago Historic Landmark. HPZS's Comprehensive Restoration Plan included the entirety of the exterior…
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Dubuque Shot Tower

The Dubuque Shot Tower is one of the few remaining structures in the United States constructed to mill lead shot, operating as a shot tower until 1859. The structure rested along the banks of the Mississippi River to take advantage of its location near the lead mining areas in nearby Illinois and Wisconsin. The tower…
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