HSF Lecture Series: "The Municipal Grand: A Journey in Adaptive Reuse"

HSF is delighted to welcome Sarah Ward, (AICP of Ward Architecture + Preservation), Becki Harkness (Ward Architecture + Preservation), and Mariel Hamer (Lynch Associates Architects), as the November speakers for our lecture series, “The People, Stories, and Places that define Savannah.” Ms. Ward, Ms. Harkness, and Ms. Hamer will be presenting on “The Municipal Grand: A Journey in Adaptive Reuse” on Thursday, November 20 at 6:00 pm.

The lecture will take place in the Murray C. Perlman and Wayne C. Spear Preservation Center at 323 E. Broughton Street. Attendees are invited to a wine reception at 5:30 pm and the discussion will start at 6:00 pm. Attendance is free for HSF members and $15 for non-members; reserve your spot at www.myhsf.org/events/lecture-series/ today!

The Municipal Grand: A Journey in Adaptive Reuse

The rehabilitation of the First Federal Savings & Loan Association Headquarters was a 5 year project including. It required significant focus on pre-planning and sensitive design in response to changing markets and financing involving multiple owners. Historic preservation incentives were a driver in all decisions made for the adaptive reuse from a former bank and city office into The Municipal Grand, a mixed-use hotel, bar, and restaurant. This effort required individual listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and creative design approaches to retain historic features while adapting the building to the new use. The team will talk about the need for historic preservation tools and incentives to follow preservation best practices and influence designs for new and replacement features. They will discuss the history of the International style Levy & Kiley designed building, completed in 1961, and the rehabilitation designs and construction.