navThe management team tours the new building.
Construction Photos
AAS embarked on a building expansion project in the spring of 2017. This project will strengthen our ability to be the premiere library of record of pre-twentieth-century American imprints. This new three-story, 7,000-square-foot addition to Antiquarian Hall will dramatically increase our capacity to preserve and to share the multitude of American stories documented in the printed record of our nation’s past. It will feature a mechanical room to house a modern HVAC system, ensuring high-quality climate control for collection preservation; a flexible multipurpose room for programming; and a state-of-the-art conservation lab. More about the construction project
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July 7, 2018
June 7, 2018
June 7, 2018
The old boiler
June 7, 2018
June 7, 2018
June 7, 2018
June 5, 2018
June 5, 2018
June 5, 2018
May 2018
Old boilers being decommissioned
May 2018
Door to the previous staff room has been moved
May 2018
Mason working on basement doorway into new addition
May 2018
New basement trench
May 2018
Temporary HVAC units have been installed in the reading room
May 2018
AAS head of buildings & grounds Andy Cariglia and project architect Lis Cena review progress
May 2018
Lis and Andy
May 2018
Temporary heading and cooling at reception desk
May 2018
Preparing manuscripts workroom for renovation
May 2018
Manuscripts workroom during renovation
May 2018
Fellows' carrels during renovation
May 2018
May 2018
April 2018
Radiator removal
May 2018
Mechanical Room prior to renovation
April 2018
Skylight for new conservation lab
April 2018
Installation of studs
April 2018
Installation of studs
April 2018
April 27, 2018
Samples for facade
April 2018
New addition takes shape
April 2018
Connecting the roofs of the old and new buildings
April 2018
April 2018
Preparing stacks for the removal of old overhead radiators
April 2018
New basement trench
April 2018
Building of new elevator shaft
April 2018
Construction debris
April 2-18
Steel work at new decks
April 2018
Radiator removed
April 2018
Radiator to be removed
March 2018
March 26
Arrival of new airhandlers
March 22, 2018
Connecting to the new building
March 22, 2018
March 2018
Pouring of concrete at upper decks
March 2018
March 2018
Reroofing of existing library building
March 2018
New basement trenches for piping
March 16, 2018
Temporary systems
March 16, 2018
Stairs into new multipurpose room
March 16, 2018
March 16, 2018
March 16, 2018
March 2018
Installation of new airhandlers in basement
February 2018
Framing for the new addition
February 18, 2018
Connecting old and new structures
February 2018
Marble at cornice has been removed to allow the addition to be joined to the existing structure
February 2018
Framing for the new addition
January 18, 2018
Demo and abatement in the basement
January 18, 2018
Demo and abatement in the basement
December 26, 2017
Moving the conservation lab
December 26, 2017
Babette Gehnrich moving equipment from the conservation lab to temporary office space
December 20, 2017
Crane unloads temporary stack D boiler
December 20, 2017
The temporary stack D boiler is lowered into place
December 20, 2017
Arrival of temporary stack D boiler
December 19, 2017
December 18, 2017
December 18, 2017
December 2017
Temporary HVAC ducts in existing building
December 16, 2017
December 15, 2017
Steel work on the building frame continues
December 14, 2017
Digging the trenches for the new underground piping
December 13, 2017
An air purifier runs during concrete removal
December 13, 2017
Duct work for the temporary boiler for stack D
November 16, 2017
November 15, 2017
November 15, 2017
November 15, 2017
November 15, 2017
November 14, 2017
November 14, 2017
November 14, 2017
November 14, 2017
November 14, 2017
November 14, 2017
November 14, 2017
October 16, 2017
October 23, 2017
Old drain pipes scheduled for replacement as part of roof work.
October 16, 2017
The piping system for draining rain from the roof has been laid.
September 14, 2017
Foundation forms for more poured concrete are in place.
September 8, 2017
September 8, 2017
The work on the foundation continues to progress.
September 1, 2017
September 1, 2017
09/01/2017
Project architect Lis Cena views the site
