The Sherman Building Reconstruction Tour: DCPL Members Only!

Armed Forces Retirement Home
3700 North Capitol Street, Washington, DC 20011
Saturday, August 10, 2013
10:00am-12:00pm

The Sherman Building is located adjacent to the Lincoln Cottage on the grounds of the Armed Forces Retirement Home (AFRH) in northwest DC.  This impressive masonry building was constructed between 1852 and 1891 and is the product of local architectural luminaries including Barton S. Alexander, Edward C. Clark, and William M. Poindexter & Co. Today, the building is the focal point of the Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Historic Landmark.

The 160-year old landmark building sustained extensive damage during the 5.8-magnitude earthquake that hit the mid-Atlantic region on August 23, 2011. During the earthquake, over 200 stones fell from the building. Remaining masonry parapets were left jumbled in place, and substantial cracks in the 120-foot iconic clock tower were visible from the ground. In the face of this devastation, AFRH immediately began emergency stabilization efforts and prepared the damaged building for Hurricane Irene, which hit DC only four days after the earthquake. AFRH then undertook months of extensive planning and assessment before commencing a comprehensive repair effort in August 2012. In less than a year, a broad program of structural remediation and masonry reconstruction has led to the successful recovery of this key historic resource.

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