Title/Name/Summary
Stellwagen Farmhouse Foundation Restoration Phase 2 Bid #17-039
History
QUICKFACTS
Project
Stellwagen Farmhouse Foundation Restoration Phase II Bid #17-039
Petitioner
Development Services Department
Village of Orland Park
Purpose
The purpose of this project is to repair and historically restore the existing West and South Porches, basement and 1st Floor Windows and South Foundation Wall of the Stellwagen Family Farm’s farmhouse and its ancillary components. This property is owned by the Village of Orland Park.
Requested Actions: Bid Approval
Project Attributes
Address: 17701 S. 108th Avenue
Existing Zoning: OL Open Lands District
Comprehensive Plan designation: Open Space, Parks and Recreation
OVERVIEW AND BACKGROUND
On October 17, 2017, the Village of Orland Park issued "Bid #17-039 Stellwagen Farmhouse Restoration Phase II: West & South Porches and South Foundation Wall" to solicit responses and proposals from contractors to correct and historically restore existing West and South Porches, basement and 1st Floor Windows and South Foundation Wall of the Stellwagen Family Farm’s farmhouse. Restoration work will be based on the 2014 Farmhouse Restoration Report by McGuire Igleski and Associates, Inc. and U.S. Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Restoration. The full scope of work requested in the bid was as follows:
1. Restore the historical appearance and materials of the porches on the west façade and the south façade of the farmhouse.
2. Restore the existing foundation of the farmhouse and its ancillary components in the area that the existing concrete south porch covered.
3. Restore the historic appearance and function of the basement and first-floor windows of the farmhouse.
4. Install a historically appropriate picket fence around the west façade of the farmhouse between the multi-use path and the newly restored historic porch.
Cost estimates were to be broken down according to the following categories:
1. Foundat...
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