Weehawken Historic Home
Where it began Weehawken, New Jersey · 2016 award
Weehawken Historic Home
A historic hilltop home restored as a unified residence.
This Weehawken, New Jersey, project restored a mid-19th-century Eclectic Italianate single-family home to its original splendor. The hilltop residence overlooks Manhattan across the Hudson River, a defining view that had gone largely unappreciated until the rehabilitation of its upper floors.
Years of conversion from a single-family residence to a multi-tenant apartment house and back again—followed by a decade in which the upper floors sat unused—left the property in grave disrepair. Weather and age had compromised the structural framing, while the copper roof, stained-glass windows, decorative cast-brass hardware, inlaid flooring, detailed wood trim, electrical, plumbing, and HVAC systems all required careful repair or restoration.
The completed work brought the house back as a unified residence while preserving the craftsmanship, materials, and architectural character that make it irreplaceable.
The scope
- Repair of compromised structural framing and the copper roof
- Restoration of stained-glass windows and decorative cast-brass hardware
- Care for inlaid flooring and intricate wood trim
- Electrical, plumbing and HVAC work
- Rehabilitation of the long-unused upper floors
- Location
- Weehawken, New Jersey
- Award year
- 2016
- Architecture
- Mid-19th-century Eclectic Italianate
- Award category
- Best Historic Residential Renovation
The transformation
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BeforeAfterMeaning in the details
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The historic home
An Italianate home, renewed.
The hilltop residence was restored after years of changes and disuse.
Craft beyond the surface
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finished space.
The completed work restored the house as a unified residence while preserving its materials, craftsmanship and architectural character.
A fragmented house became a unified home.
The property had been converted from a single-family home to apartments and back again. Rehabilitation brought the long-unused upper floors back into the residence.
The original craftsmanship needed careful attention.
Stained-glass windows, decorative cast-brass hardware, inlaid flooring and intricate wood trim formed part of the restoration.
Structure and systems supported the renewal.
Compromised structural framing, the copper roof, and the electrical, plumbing and HVAC systems all required repair or restoration.
The completed project
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