2008 Design Merit Awards • Category: Historic Preservation/Adaptive Reuse
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Keuka College - Ball Hall Renovation
QPK Design
Keuka Park, New York
Completion Date: 2008
Ball Hall, the original campus building for Keuka College, was designed by Buffalo Architect Cyrus K. Porter, constructed by Corning contractor H.O. Dorman & completed in 1890. Keuka College was the brainchild of Dr. George Harvey Ball, who had a vision to provide an expanded education for the children of the local rural community. While the college & campus have expanded over the years, Ball Hall has always remained the focal point of campus life and the Ball Jar Company’s charitable foundation (another of George Harvey Ball’s legacies) was central to the College’s ability to fund the renovations.
Ball Hall serves as both a dormitory & administrative space; it needs to be functional for a variety of occupants twenty four hours a day. A series of renovations have occurred throughout its lifespan to attempt to accommodate these functional requirements, but often at the expense of the historic character.
The project sought to achieve four primary goals:
- Restore the building’s exterior historic character
- Renovate and upgrade the interior architecture and functional quality providing modern amenities
- Consolidate the students’ administrative services
- Reverse the ravages of the elements over time
Construction began in 2006 & has been completed in 2008; the building was occupied throughout the renovation. Specifically the work involved:
Exterior:
- Redesign of both the street and lakeside entrances and façade treatments to reclaim the building’s original integrity
- Historically appropriate & accessible entries
- Addition of gabled roofs over both exit stair towers to better compliment the original building
- Energy efficient windows
- Masonry repairs
- Waterproofing of the foundation
- Site plazas at the two main entries
- Re-roofing
- Restoration of the cupola.
Interior:
- Renovation of the student lounges
- Complete reconfiguration/conversion of the Ground Floor from service/mechanical to office uses
- A variety of dormitory accommodations to improve the college’s competitive position
- Kitchenettes & laundries on each student floor
- First Floor Administrative offices
- Renovation of the lobby & Alumni Lounge
- New bathrooms
- Structural integrity improvements
- Replace MEP services adding air conditioning
