TITLE: 51 Hillhouse Avenue, Anthropology Department

DATE: 2011

The $4 million total gut interior renovation of the Department of Anthropology’s 9,950 sf building was comprehensive and complex. Located next to the University President’s house on what was described by both Charles Dickens and Mark Twain as “the most beautiful street in America”, this robust Italianate-Victorian mansion is attributed to noted Antebellum-era architect Henry Austin. The project involved a near complete reconstruction of the foundation, superstructure and interior architecture. The newly-designed interior now holds a world-class archaeomagnetic laboratory, teaching labs, a seminar room, and faculty offices. The scope also included new HVAC, electrical, lighting, fire protection systems, and restored architectural elements with special attention to preserving and repairing historic ornament, millwork, and furnishing inside.
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