HILL CENTER AT THE OLD NAVAL HOSPITAL
Owner
Old Naval Hospital Foundation
DC Department of General Services
Location
Washington, DC
Awards
2012 National Housing & Rehabilitation Association (NH&RA) Best Commercial/Retail/Non-Residential Project;
2012 Timothy Anderson Awards for Excellence in Historic Rehabilitation;
2012 AIA DC Award of Excellence in Historic Resource;
2012 AIA DC Presidential Citation for Sustainable Design;
2012 DC HPRB Chairman’s Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation;
2012 ED+C-Government / Institutional Renovation National Award;
2012 Committee of 100 on the Federal City- Vision Award;
2012 National Victorian Society Award
LEED
LEED Silver Target
Scale
16,000 sf
Budget
$10 Million
Services
Design, Permit, Construction Administration, LEED certification
Reviews
DCRA, NPS, CFA, ANC, DC DOT, DC DOE
Project Type
Design – Build
This prominent National Register listed property, the Old Naval Hospital (c. 1865), has been transformed from a vacant and neglected property into a vibrant and welcoming community center in the heart of the Capitol Hill Historic District of Washington, DC.
The rehabilitation was implemented in three phases by two separate clients, the property owner and the long-term leaseholder. The rehabilitation of the entire site included the historic main building and its carriage house as well as the ornamental iron fence surrounding the property. The project was funded in part by syndicated Historic rehabilitation Tax Credits and Energy Efficiency Grants. The Old Naval Hospital is now The Hill Center, a community center with classrooms, interactive computer center, demonstration kitchen, offices and art studios.
Work on the building included: restoration of wood portico, cast iron stairs, rehabilitation of ornamental iron fence, rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of the entire site: new energy efficient elevator to all 4 stories, geoexchange system to avoid the use of a cooling tower on site, ADA accessibility, regraded landscape, rain garden for optimized storm water management, and the maximized preservation and reuse of the historic fabric of the building.