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Carnegie Library Rehabilitation and Exterior Restoration 801 K
Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001 Mount Vernon Square (Reservation
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Concept Review Submission National Capital Planning Commission
Filing Date: April 28, 2017 Meeting Date: June 1, 2017
Applicant Events DC c/o Jennifer Iwu Office of the President and
CEO 801 Mount Vernon Place, NW Washington, DC 20001
[email protected]
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CONTENTS Manhattan Laundry
Mary Ann Shadd Cary House
The Woodward The Lindens Washington DC Landmarks Lincoln
Theatre
The Exeter
General George B. McClellan Statue
Windsor Lodge
Dunbar Theater
Howard Theatre
Scottish Rite Temple
The Gladstone
The Hawarden General Phillip H. Sheridan Statue
Phillips Collection The Cairo
The Lafayette
Dumbarton Bridge
General John A. Logan Statue
The Chamberlain O Street Market
The Rhode Island
Luther Place Memorial Church The Plymouth
Proctor Alley Livery Stable Blanche K. Bruce House
Major General George H. Thomas Statue
Elizabeth Arden Building
hio Canal Mayflower Hotel
Edmund Burke Statue Tudor Hall
Saint Phillip's Baptist Church
Carlton Hotel Tower Building Carpenters Building Central Public
Library 1 km 2 km
Arts Club of Washington The Champlain Benjamin Franklin School
Alibi Club Army and Navy Club
The Bachelor Flats The Jefferson Joseph Cooper House Government
Printing Office
George Washington University Metropolitan Club Masonic Temple
Daniel Webster School
Renwick Gallery
The White House Homer Building The Myrene The Harrison
The Roosevelt
Willard Hotel Patent Office Union Station
Hotel Washington
American Red Cross, D.C. Chapter House Warner Theatre Building
Union Station - Columbus Fountain D.C. Court of Appeals
Corcoran Gallery of Art Old City Hall
American National Red Cross Benjamin Franklin Statue Old Naval
Observatory Constitution Hall
Nathanael Greene Statue Old Post Office and Clock Tower
Bartholdi Fountain Pan American Union National Archives
Senate Office Building
Supreme Court Navy-Peace Monument
Natural History Building, Smithsonian Institution National
Gallery of Art - West
The Watergate Lincoln Memorial Emancipation M West Terraces and
Steps Washington Monument Folger Shakespeare Library
Ulysses S. Grant Memorial Smithsonian Institution
John Paul Jones Monument Freer Gallery of Art Botanic Gardens
Library of Congress
House Office Building Arts and Industries Building, Smithsonian
Institution
Eastern Market
Central Heating Plant
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Saint Dominic's Church Old Naval Hospital
Figure 1: Vinity Map (not to scale)
Project Narrative Existing Conditions 3 Historical Overview 3
Basic Design Concept 4 Historic Preservation Documentation 4
Environmental Documentation 4 Schedule 4 Funding 4 Employment 4
Building Area and Site Coverage 4 Floodplain Management and
Wetlands Protection 4
Project Drawings Location Plan 5 Site Plan - Demolition 6 Site
Plan - Proposed 7 Site Plan - Proposed Planting 8 Existing
Conditions Plans 9 Basement Floor Plan - Proposed 10 First Floor
Plan - Proposed 11 Second Floor Plan - Proposed 12 Third Floor Plan
- Proposed 13 Roof Plan - Proposed 14 South Elevation - Proposed 15
North Elevation - Proposed 16 East Elevation - Proposed 17 West
Elevation - Proposed 18 Transverse Section (Facing West) - Proposed
19 Longitudinal Section (Facing North) - Proposed 20 North Stair
Details - Proposed 21 Elevation Renderings - Proposed 22
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Figure 3: Carnegie
Library, south
and west elevations,
facing northeast, 2017. EHT
Traceries
PROJECT NARRATIVE
Existing Conditions Carnegie Library is located at 801 K Street,
N.W., Washington, D.C., 20001. The site is located on Mount Vernon
Square (also designated as Reservation 8), which is owned by the
U.S. Government and administered by the District of Columbia. The
Carnegie Library building is separately owned by the District of
Columbia and administered by Events DC, the convention and sports
authority for the District of Columbia. The building functions as
the headquarters of the Historical Society of Washington, D.C.
(HSW). It houses the administrative offices, archival storage,
exhibit galleries, and research functions of HSW. It also houses
event and office space for Events DC. The building features three
full stories in addition to three habitable mezzanines and a sub
basement.
Historical Overview Constructed in 1899-1902, Carnegie Library
was listed in the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites
in 1964 and the National Register of Historic Places in 1969 as the
Central Public Library. The nomination recognized the building’s
significance as one of many buildings given to American cities by
industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie to promote free
library systems. It also reflects the growth of the D.C. Public
Library (DCPL) system from humble beginnings in rented quarters to
a Beaux-Arts edifice on Mount Vernon Square. Mount Vernon Square is
a contributing resource to the Plan of the City of Washington
(L’Enfant Plan; L’Enfant-McMillan Plan).
Since its completion, the Carnegie Library has undergone several
small- and large-scale renovations. Shortly after the library’s
dedication in 1903, Carnegie donated additional funds to complete
the building’s then-unfinished
Figure 2: Undated (circa 1902) view of south elevation, facing
northeast. Library of Congress
interior, including interior painting and expansion of the
closed book stacks. From 1905 through 1962, DCPL undertook several
additional changes, notably the reconfiguration of the Delivery
Room and the addition of mezzanines in the east and west reading
rooms. Carnegie Library operated as the Central Public Library for
the District of Columbia until 1971, when those operations were
transferred to the newly constructed Downtown Central Library,
subsequently renamed the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
Library.
The building’s two later tenants, the University of the District
of Columbia (UDC) (1977-1990s) and HSW (1999-Present), each
completed major rehabilitations. At the time UDC acquired the
library in 1977, it had been vacant for six years and was suffering
from neglect. UDC’s $4.2 million renovation included the
reorientation of the building towards Mount Vernon Place, NW, with
the construction of a new main entrance at the north elevation, the
removal of book stacks, the addition of a large HVAC unit, new
lighting, the conversion of the former stack room and Lecture Hall
into office space, removal of the Delivery Room counter, alteration
of the west stairway in the northern portion of the building, and
an additional layer of plaster onto the existing decorative
plasterwork.
In 1999, Congress designated the Carnegie Library as the site
for a city museum. HSW, which would operate the museum and house
its administrative and research facilities in the former library,
entered into a 99-year lease for the building. A comprehensive
rehabilitation was undertaken to accommodate the City Museum, which
opened in the spring of 2003. The project included: a newly
constructed 150-seat theater in the east wing of the building; a
permanent exhibit in the former west reading room on the first
floor; new egress stairs and elevators; community galleries
focusing on D.C. neighborhoods; two galleries, a public reading
room, and a library on the second floor; and an archaeology lab,
with classrooms and workshops in the basement. Though the City
Museum only remained operational through November 2004, HSW remains
in the building and continues to operate the library on an
appointment basis.
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Figure 4: North elevation
(including non-original stair and
awning), facing southwest
Basic Design Concept The proposed project will rehabilitate and
modernize the Carnegie Library building to become a retail and
education facility. The building will be leased jointly by HSW
(which will continue to operate its research library, exhibit
galleries, and administrative offices there) and a retail tenant
(which will operate a retail, events, and educational facility in
the building). The project will include a full restoration of the
building exterior, including the repair and cleaning of the
exterior stone, repair and retrofit of the original wood windows,
repair and retrofit of the original skylight frames, and repair of
the copper roof cladding. On the north side, the non-original stair
and awning will be removed and replaced with a new stair that
improves access to the building. Windows on this elevation—
modified during the UDC and HSW rehabilitation projects—will be
replaced or retrofitted.
The interior of the building will be rehabilitated, including
removal of non-original infill construction throughout the building
dating from the 2003 City Museum rehabilitation. The scope of this
project included the enclosure of the central atrium with a museum
gallery, offices, and clerestory extension with hipped roof. This
addition will be removed, creating a central, skylit atrium space.
The new atrium will be enclosed with a flat skylight, positioned
below the existing roof line to obscure its visibility from the
surrounding streetscape. Additionally, the MEP and other systems
throughout the building will be upgraded or replaced.
Although the project is generally limited to the building
itself, minor alterations may be made to site hardscape elements to
comply with accessibility and other code requirements.
Historic Preservation Documentation Because the Carnegie Library
is a District of Columbia Government-owned building in the Central
Area, the proposed project is subject to the review and approval of
the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) under the National
Capital Planning Act. NCPC’s approval of the project is considered
a federal undertaking; therefore,
the project must undergo review under Section 106 of the
National Historic Preservation Act and the National Environmental
Policy Act to consider its effects on historic and environmental
resources.
NCPC initiated consultation with the D.C. Historic Preservation
Office (DC SHPO) on April 21, 2017. The first consulting parties
meeting will be held on May 11, 2017. The purpose of this meeting
will be to define the undertaking, present the draft Area of
Potential Effects and list of historic properties, and present
additional information on the proposed design. Events DC and NCPC
will continue to consult with DC SHPO and the consulting parties to
identify, assess, and resolve adverse effects on historic
properties.
Environmental Documentation NCPC is preparing an Environmental
Assessment (EA) to consider the project’s effects on environmental
resources. NCPC will conduct a thirty-day public scoping period to
invite the public to consider the range of environmental issues to
be addressed in the EA. During that period, on May 9, 2017, NCPC
will conduct a public scoping meeting.
Schedule Construction is anticipated to begin in the fall of
2017 and continue for approximately one year, with occupancy in the
fall of 2018.
Funding The entirety of the project will be funded privately by
the retail tenant.
Employment Neither the existing nor the proposed employment on
the site will exceed 500 employees over a twenty-year period.
Building Area and Site Coverage The approximate, existing gross
site and building areas are listed below. Under the proposed
project, only the gross building area will change nominally;
otherwise, these figures will not change.
Gross building area 51,000 square feet Gross site area 117,000
square feet Area of building footprint 17,000 square feet ~14.5%
site coverage
Floodplain Management and Wetlands Protection The project is not
located within or near a floodplain or wetland.
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1/32" = 1'-0"Site Plan Demolition
MOUNT VERNON PLACE
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DEMOLITION LEGEND
EXISTING WALL TO BE REMOVED
EXISTING WALL TO REMAIN
FLOOR SLAB TO BE REMOVED
SITE WORK TO BE REMOVED, REGRADED PRIOR TO NEW WORK
WALKWAY PAVING TO BE REMOVED AND REPLACED
REMOVE EXISITING DDOT STREET LIGHT
10' 20' 40' 80' K STREET '0
Site Plan - Demolition
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1/16" = 1'-0"Site Plan - Proposed
MOUNT VERNON PLACE New Pedestrian Crossing (tbc)
New North Access Stairs
New Screens to Service Area, see L/A for Landscape Design
New Skylight
Refer to Landscape Arch drawings for Landscape Scope and
Design
-5' - 8 1/2" [-1741]
New Grades to Plaza and Ramp, -9' - 5" [-2870] see L/A for
Landscape Design
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SOUTH PLAZA
New Pedestrian Crossing (tbc)
K - STREET 0 1' 5' 10' 20' 40' Relocated lamp posts
Site Plan - Proposed
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Site Plan - Proposed Planting
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Second Floor Third Floor Plan Plan
Basement First Floor Floor Plan Plan
Existing Conditions Plans
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Floor Plan - Basement Level Proposed
OTHER TENANT OTHER TENANT
STORAGE
OTHER TENANT
RETAIL SUPPORT SHARED
RETAIL SUPPORT
5' 10' 20' 40' 1'0
Basement Floor Plan - Proposed
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Floor Plan - First Floor Level Proposed
TRAINING AREA
ATRIUM AREA
RETAIL AREA RETAIL AREA
RETAIL SHARED RETAIL SUPPORT LOBBY SUPPORT
5' 10' 20' 40' 1'0
First Floor Plan - Proposed
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OTHER TENANT
OTHER TENANT SHARED LOBBY OTHER TENANT
5' 10' 20' 40' 1'0
Second Floor Plan - Proposed
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Floor Plan - Third Floor Level Proposed
OTHER TENANT
1 '0 5' 10' 20' 40'
Third Floor Plan - Proposed
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Floor Plan - Roof Proposed1'0 5' 10' 20' 40'
Roof Plan - Proposed
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Existing South Elevation
0 1' 5' 10' 20' 40'
South Elevation - Proposed
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Existing North Elevation
0 1' 5' 10' 20' 40'
North Elevation - Proposed
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57'-6" [17526] Top of Ridge
Existing East Elevation
34'-1 1/8" [10392] Mech. Floor
27'-0 3/4" [8248] 2nd floor Mezz exist.
9'-1 3/16" [2774] 1st floor Mezz
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-12'-0" [-3658] Basement
-23'-10" [-7264] Sub-Basement
East Elevation - Proposed 0 1' 5' 10' 20' 40'
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57'-6" [17526] Top of Ridge
37'-5 1/2" [11417] 3rd Floor Mechanical 34'-1 1/8" [10392] Mech.
Floor
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-12'-0" [-3658] Basement
-23'-10" [-7264] Sub-Basement
Existing West Elevation
0 1' 5' 10' 20' 40'
West Elevation - Proposed
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Cross Section D-D - Proposed0 1' 5' 10' 20' 40'
Transverse Section (Facing West) - Proposed
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Long Section A-A - Proposed0 1' 5' 10' 20' 40'
Longitudinal Section (Facing North) - Proposed
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Carnegie Library - R516 Schematic Design North Stair Details -
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South Elevation
North Elevation
Elevation Renderings - Proposed
Project NarrativeExisting ConditionsHistorical OverviewBasic
Design ConceptHistoric Preservation DocumentationEnvironmental
DocumentationScheduleFundingEmploymentBuilding Area and Site
CoverageFloodplain Management and Wetlands Protection
Project DrawingsLocation PlanSite Plan - DemolitionSite Plan -
ProposedSite Plan - Proposed Planting Existing Conditions
PlansBasement Floor Plan - ProposedFirst Floor Plan -
ProposedSecond Floor Plan - ProposedThird Floor Plan - ProposedRoof
Plan - ProposedSouth Elevation - ProposedNorth Elevation -
ProposedEast Elevation - ProposedWest Elevation -
ProposedTransverse Section (Facing West) - ProposedLongitudinal
Section (Facing North) - ProposedNorth Stair Details -
ProposedElevation Renderings - Proposed