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SHEPPARD HOUSE CLIENT Watson & Henry Associates LOCATION Bridgeton, New Jersey STRUCTURE The David Sheppard House, was built as a Federal style mansion in 1791. Located at a busy intersection in Bridgeton, New Jersey, it housed two generations of the Sheppard family before being expanded in the Nineteenth Century to accommodate its use as a school for young women. These additions were demolished in 1995. Vacant for over twenty years, the City now plans to lease the property to Rutgers University for use as a marine sciences educational facility. A Level II Capital Preservation Grant was received from the Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund. To assist in funding the exterior stabilization and restoration work that began in 2007 and was completed in 2008. CHALLENGE We were retained by Watson & Henry Associates as the structural engineer and roof consultant for the Sheppard House Project. Included were the survey and analysis of the existing interior structure and design of the structural reinforcements. Construction documents for a new addition on the north side of the building were also needed, although this aspect of the project did not move forward. SCOPE OF SERVICE
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