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Brandywine River Museum

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Project Type

Additions & Renovations

Project Description

Three-story addition to complement original structure (converted Civil War grist mill) included:

120-seat restaurant
New kitchen
2,000 square foot gallery
Expanded research library
Offices for administrative and curatorial staff
Exhibition areas
Secure storage areas
Museum shop
Demolition of two-story wooden shed

Location: Chadds Ford, PA
Delaware County
Owner: Brandywine Conservancy, Inc.
Architect: James R. Grieves Associates, Inc.

Square Footage: 27,000 square feet
Construction Time: 15 months

Historic (Preservation)

From an almost $40 million restoration of Alfred I. du Pont’s mansion and garden to painstakingly restoring a state capitol building’s ornate dome to renovating a museum listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Wohlsen’s craftsmen are able to make today’s work look just like it was done more than a hundred years ago.

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