Residential
Historical Renovation/Restoration
Olney
Maryland Historic Renovation
MERIT
AWARD
This historic house In Olney
Maryland was originally built in 1880 when Georgia
Avenue was a dirt road between farms leading to markets
in the District to the south and Gettysburg and Pennsylvania
to the north. When the client approached us to renovate
the house it was in very sad shape. The original historic
house with its small root cellar had been added on
to at the back with a big poorly constructed addition
with vinyl siding. The client wanted to use the building
for an antique store as well as a country home & guest
home for her many guests.
1) The two greatest needs of the client were to rationalize
the first and second floor plans and renovate the house.
On the first floor the client wanted to add a kitchen
(none existed), a laundry area, and a handicap accessible
powder room. On the second floor the client wanted
to replace the existing, crumbling, bathroom with two
bathrooms and a hallway connecting the back two bedrooms
to the front of the house. Previously you had to walk
through the existing bathroom to get from one end of
the second floor to the other.
2) As you can see from the before and after floor
plans we greatly enhanced the existing structures functionality.
The traffic flow from front to back on both floors
was improved by creating a hallway on both floors.
3) The enhancements to
the existing structures aesthetics were the following,
New historically correct roofing;
the work included replacing the asphalt shingle part
of the roof with wood shake. 2. In the newer back addition
all the windows were replaced with Pella "architectural
series" center divided sashes to match the historic
windows on the front of the house. 3. In the back half
of the house we also replaced all the interior trim
with new custom milled trim to match the original trim.
4. Carpeting was replaced with new oak flooring in
the back half of the house. All the floors were finished.
We also rewired the house and installed a new heavy
up. Lighting was greatly enhanced to accommodate the
retail business (see reflected ceiling plan). New A/C
was also installed. The client chose the colors to
replicate those of the traditional Swedish farmhouse.
In the interests of continuity & budget the vinyl
back half of the house was painted to match the front.
Safety was addressed by installing exit signs and smoke
detectors as per code.
 
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