Historical

1312 Locust

1312 Locust
Des Moines, Iowa

Built in 1917, the DS Chamberlain Building used to be home to Taylor Motor Car Company, however today it is newly renovated and will soon be occupied by a restaurant, shops, and office space.

With close access to Gateway Park and the new Des Moines Public Library, this building is a stately addition to the western entrance to downtown.

Wolin brought the building up to electrical code, updated the HVAC, installed storm piping and performed several MEP upgrades for the tenants.

 

1312 RTU
1312 piping
   
Salisbury House

Salisbury House
Des Moines, Iowa

Wolin was honored with the complete
mechanical contract to restore the
plumbing, heating, cooling, and support
system for the Salisbury House and its
Carriage House.

Extreme care was taken each day to ensure none of the art and/or building facilities were endangered in this valuable component of Iowa history.

Salisbury pipe            Salisbury radiator           Salisbury radiators

The Wolin crew installed several thousand           Original radiators, like this one found in                New radiators are ready for installation
feet of new copper plumbing pipe.                          the breakfast room, were replaced with new.         in the Indian Room.

RDG

RDG Renovation Project at the Kenyon Building
Des Moines, Iowa

Wolin was awarded the RDG project at the Kenyon Building in downtown Des Moines. This project entailed a complete Electrical and Mechanical renovation of a historical building, which RDG had anticipated being placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Wolin Electric completed all interior and exterior lighting on this project, including Voice and Data cabling.

Wolin & Associates completed the full mechanical package of heating and cooling, plumbing, and piping.

   

Carnagie Library
Perry, Iowa

Walk into the Carnegie Library today and you will feel much the same as the residents of Perry felt in 1904. 

While there are few interior photos of the original library, that which remained was restored, and many clues as to the appearance of the original library were gained from historic photos of other Carnegie libraries in Iowa.  The selection of the new furnishings for the library was inspired by those early photos.   Every piece from the oak finished desks and Windsor chairs to the card catalogs and news-paper rack replicates a style used in an early Carnegie library.

A most beautiful building - inside and out.

Carnagie Library
               Hotel Pattee

Hotel Pattee
Perry, Iowa

Wolin has completed several projects within the hotel, including:

  • Greenheck replacement fans
  • Main lobby fireplace and exhaust
  • Fan coil communications room
  • Executive office
  • Laundry sewer
  • Laundry clean out and installation
  • Giftshop remodel

These projects were completed with a sensitivity towards the historical and cultural aspects of the building and the community.

Our goal has been and continues to be to reconstruct, rehabilitate, restore and preserve projects like these through conservation, maintenance, and repair

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