Preservation Architect
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Historic Saranac Lake is seeking proposals for design and construction supervision services in connection with the proposed acquisition and rehabilitation of 118 Main Street in Saranac Lake, NY. Located next door to our existing museum in the Saranac Laboratory, 118 Main Street will host office space, collections storage, a research room, expanded exhibit space, and rental office space. Constructed in 1894, the National Register listed property is of national historic importance as the former home and medical office of Dr. E. L. Trudeau, who was a pioneer in medical treatment and scientific research of tuberculosis. The project represents a natural expansion for HSL; it will reunite Dr. Trudeau's laboratory with his original home and medical office into one museum campus.
The majority of the space that existed during Trudeau's lifetime (pre-1915) will be brought back to that era. The modern Church Street wing will continue to be rented for income to help maintain the building.
HSL has been awarded an acquisition and construction grant of $500,000 by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (PARKS) through Title 9 of the Environmental Protection Act of 1993. A portion of the grant will support the rehabilitation of the historic building to the time period of Dr. Trudeau's lifetime (pre-1915) in order to open the building to the public as a history museum. HSL has also applied for other funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the NY State Downtown Revitalization Initiative in order to support construction costs estimated at $914,000.
Proposals must be received at 89 Church Street, Suite 2 no later than March 15, 2019.
