Peikoff Alumni House

Gallaudet University
Washington DC

This unique Tudor building, a National Register property, was suffering from extensive structural deterioration when M&A began its work to stabilize and conserve the structure. The building was timber-framed with mortise and tenon joints, and the timbers were exposed on the interior and exterior. From the time it was built in 1881, water had followed the diagonals to their intersection with horizontal and vertical members, leading to extensive deterioration of the mortised pockets and tenons, with failures so severe that the design team decided to replace the timbers. M&A provided new Douglas fir timbers, radio-frequency dried. Siding and trim were replaced to match existing in South American mahogany. The monumental stained glass windows were removed so that new mahogany sash and frames could be built to match the originals, which were misshapen and deteriorated. M&A also re-sided the interior of the new gymnasium walls and ceilings.

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