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We've been called upon to save historic properties from raging rivers and from leaky skylights... and we've fixed basements that have taken water for 100 years. Whatever your needs, you can be sure we have the skill and competence to manage your projects. |
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Hickory House Restaurant Fairfield, Iowa Prairie Architects was asked to design a new beer garden and interior for the Hickory House Restaurant. We proposed several schemes that allowed for choices in project scale. |
Iowa Malleable Company Fairfield, Iowa The Iowa Malleable Iron Company was built circa 1904 and was the first iron foundry located between Chicago and Denver. The complex of red brick buildings occupied approximately six acres in northern Fairfield. Business reversals led to abandonment and deterioration until in 2003 it was sold to a contractor who immediately applied for a demolition permit. Prairie Architects and the Fairfield Historic Preservation Committee investigated alternative actions that would save significant portions of the complex. |
Jefferson County Courthouse -- Roof Study Fairfield, Iowa The Jefferson County Courthouse is a Romanesque style building built in 1894. It originally had a variety of roofing materials, all but a small portion of which had been replaced by asphalt shingles. |
CBQ&N Railroad -- Chariton Freight Depot Chariton, Iowa Built in the 1870's in the Gothic Revival style, the Chariton Freight Depot underwent a renovation in the 1920's to give it a fashionable Prairie style facade. Prairie Architects undertook to restore the Prairie exterior, which was deemed historic in it's own right, as well as renovating the interior to house a museum and a police station. |
Hardin County Courthouse -- Roof Study Eldora, Iowa The Hardin County Courthouse combines a richly detailed an ornate Richardsonian Romanesque pressed brick and pink Kasota limestone facade with Queen Anne Victorian corner turrets, hipped roof, cross gables, and cut stone trim, all topped by an Italinate Gothic clock tower. Prairie Architects undertook a study to replace the roof while taking in historic considerations. |
Prairie Architects, Inc. -- 103 South Third Street -- Fairfield, Iowa 52556 |