In 2024, the Olana State Historic Site will open the Frederic Church Center, a 4,500-square-foot orientation center with ticketing, restrooms, a café, and exhibition space. It will be the first new building at Olana since American painter Frederic Church’s death in 1900. It will also be the first publicly accessible carbon-neutral building in New York State. The $11 million project was generated from a 2015 strategic landscape design that encompasses the land and buildings that could be recovered, restored, rehabilitated, and brought into the full public experience.
Construction of the New Frederic Church Center, of concrete, wood , steel and glass construction. New facility to include an information desk, multi-purpose space, cafe’ area, restrooms, circulation, and support spaces including storage and mechanical. Construction of MEP , IT and telecommunications throughout the building . Construction of site utilities infrastructure for septic disposal, water well and associated treatment system, site electrical, storm drainage and runs for telecome and IT services. Installation of extensive landscape plantings and furnishings and exterior hardscape. Site wide signage system.
Construction Cost
Contract Amount = $ 12,669,600
Size
102,000 sf
Contract Date
January 2023
Completion Date
July 2024
Architect
Architecture Research Office
170 Varick Street
New York NY 100013
Owner
NYS Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation
Taconic Region
P.O. Box 308
9 Old Post Road Staatsburg NY 12580