Restoration and rehabilitation, Glenmeade Estate Mansion, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pa. (Photo: Don Pearse Photographers, Inc.).










JMA offers a full range of architectural services, from initial assessment and programming through planning and design to construction documents and construction administration. We are committed to design excellence and providing our clients with practical and sustainable solutions for problems affecting historic buildings, neighborhoods, and cities. JMA approaches rehabilitation and new construction, including the integration of modern systems and code-compliance measures, as opportunities for stewardship and innovation. Our work is grounded in the Secretary of the Interior's Standards, an understanding of traditional methods and materials, and our ability to preserve historic character in creative ways that respond to clients' needs.


Architectural Services

– Restoration
– Rehabilitation and Adaptive Reuse
– Building Additions, Repairs, and New Construction
– Building Stabilization
– Interior Design
– Historic Structure Reports
– Architectural Surveys and Inventories
– Historic Preservation Certifications
– Master Plans and Feasibility Studies
– Building Relocation


Representative Projects
 
Governors Island Historic Maintenance Plan
Governors Island, New York

United States Coast Guard, Third District

Comprising over 225 structures, the island's architecture includes two early-nineteenth-century fortifications and numerous outstanding examples of residential military architecture set in formal landscaped grounds. JMA was retained to develop a comprehensive historic structures maintenance plan for 62 buildings located within the Governors Island National Historic District.





Historic properties on the island are often the site for important diplomatic events (Photo: U.S. Coast Guard).
 
 
Wycombe Railroad Station Restoration

Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Buckingham Township

This station is being restored by the township using Federal Highway Administration funding and an ISTEA grant requiring compliance with Section 106 and the Secretary of the Interior's Standards. JMA conducted extensive site-specific research to identify historic drawings, photographs, and documentary sources that guided our preparation of construction documents.

 


In 1986, the name of the station was changed from Walton to Wycombe, a common name in Buckinghamshire, England (Photo: Mary Ann Sircely collection).
 
 
Fort Belvoir Open-End Contracts

Fairfax County, Virginia

Pacuilli Simmons & Associates, Inc. and the U.S. Army Garrison, Fort Belvoir

JMA has completed approximately thirty preservation tasks under three indefinite delivery contracts. Work has included cultural resources support, condition assessments, feasibility studies, rehabilitation design, construction documents, Section 106 reviews, archeology, architectural surveys, landscape architecture, and a maintenance plan for all buildings in the historic district.

 


Fort Belvoir headquarters building as seen from the parade ground (Photo: JMA).

 
 
Historic Building Survey and Preservation Management Plan
Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio

Ohio State University

The Ohio State University has a rich sense of place with a variety of historic architecture and landscape features. Supported by a Getty Campus Heritage Grant, JMA developed a comprehensive preservation management program including National Register assessments and preservation audits, standards and specifications for maintenance and repairs, and staff training.

 


Mid-1930s view of the Oval; Orton Hall Tower on right (Photo: Ohio State University Archives).

 
 
Cathedral Commons

Louisville, Kentucky

Cathedral Commons Ltd.

JMA is providing architectural and development services for the design and construction of a new four-story mixed-use residential and commercial building, and for the restoration and adaptive reuse of the 1830 Howard-Hardy House. The project uses Low-Income Housing Tax Credits, Historic Preservation Tax Credits which require conformance with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards, and a New Markets Tax Credit loan.
 


Artistic rendering of Cathedral Commons from South Second Street; the Howard-Hardy House is on the left (Image: Power Creative).

 
 
American Red Cross National Headquarters Building

Washington, D.C.

Shalom Baranes Associates, PC and the American Red Cross

JMA is providing architectural conservation services for the interior and exterior renovation of the American Red Cross National Headquarters and Museum Building. Work includes the preparation of construction documents and construction observation relating to marble cleaning and the conservation of interior and exterior marble and wood features.
 


Conservators from JMA performed a survey of the Tennessee gray marble interior (Photo: JMA).

 
 
Mumma Farmstead Rehabilitation

Antietam National Battlefield, Maryland

National Park Service, Denver Service Center

The Mumma House and Barn occupied a central location during the 1862 Battle of Antietam. The exterior of the farmhouse was restored to its appearance on the eve of the Civil War battle, and the interior adaptively reused to provide educational space for tour groups and park staff offices. The barn was rehabilitated for continued use in the park's agricultural leaseback program.
 


The original house was burned on the morning of September 17, 1862, during the Battle of Antietam, and was rebuilt the following year utilizing the original brick walls (Photo: JMA).

 
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