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Pearl Street lobby prior to rehabilitation, ca. 2003
West Street lobby prior to rehabilitation, ca. 2003 |
Mixed-Use Rehabilitation
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LOCATION |
Jackson, Mississippi |
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DATE BUILT |
1927-1928 |
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DEVELOPER |
Duckworth Realty, Inc. |
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COMPLETION DATE |
November 2005 |
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TOTAL REHABILITATION COST |
$16.6 million |
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FEDERAL HISTORIC TAX CREDITS |
$650,000 |
PROJECT OVERVIEW
Office buildings are generally good candidates for adaptive reuse and are easily rehabilitated for continued retail and commercial space or easily converted into modern market-rate or affordable rental housing. They tend to be centrally located and have floor plans that are consistent with commercial use and compatible with residential use.
MacRostie Historic Advisors LLC served as the historic tax credit consultant to Duckworth Realty, Inc. in the rehabilitation of the ten-story Electric Building, originally known as the Lampton Building. Designed by noted Mississippi architect Claude H. Lindsley, the Lampton Building was constructed in 1927-28 and features exterior Gothic Revival design elements such as terra cotta tracery, rope moldings, and belt courses. The building was renamed the Electric Building in 1952. In 1968, the building underwent a major renovation that included a sympathetic ten-story addition at its east side, replacement of all original windows and extensive interior remodeling.
As part of the historic tax credit project scope, the Electric Building was rehabilitated for mixed-use to accommodate new retail space on the first floor, office space on the second through eighth floors, and residential units on the ninth and tenth floors. The exterior was restored to its original architectural integrity. Missing elements, such as the terra cotta molding, terra cotta spandrels, terra cotta urns and original entrance ornamentation were replicated using materials matching originals and installed according to original blueprints.
MacRostie Historic Advisors worked closely with the project team to develop a scope of work compatible with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation and secured federal historic tax credit approvals from the State Historic Preservation agency (Mississippi Department of Archives & History) and the National Park Service.