Portfolio/Accomplishments for Steven McQuillin

Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Historic Preservation

Master of Science in Historic Preservation; James Renwick, Jr., Scholarship award; thesis project under Professor James Marston Fitch, program founder.  It was a great experience to have Professor Fitch for my thesis advisor and I was grateful to keep up with him over the years, at conferences and visits in Chicago and Honolulu. 

About Professor James Marston Fitch: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Marston_Fitch

Oberlin College

Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Architecture and Urban Studies, with scholarship awards

My first Oberlin experience was participating in a demonstration to save Peters Hall from demolition.  Later I was hired by Vice President Baley Mason to help prepare re-use plans for Peters, Carnegie Library and Westervelt Hall (now Union Center for the Arts).  

I worked with President Starr in saving Peters and President Powell authorized my work to save Johnson House and restore its exterior with vibrant paint colors.  In addition, I presented a plan for reconstructing Council Hall (1871-1930) at Oberlin College to provide a unique venue for student housing.  I'm glad to have these experiences.  

Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, New York, New York

One-year course of studies under the direction of Peter Eisenman and Rem Koolhaas

I'm grateful to Peter Eisenman for encouraging me to go into preservation, suggesting I meet Professor Fitch, which I did, leading me to apply to Columbia right out of Oberlin College.  Plus, it was great to spend a year in midtown Manhattan at the Institute. 

· Preservation consultant for the Sioux City Municipal Auditorium, a $55 million dollar rehabilitation and new construction project, 

· Elyria City Hall feasibility study prepared in 1986 for the city to build a new municipal complex at a cost of $16 million which incorporates and restores the old 1867 town hall and opera house, plus 1903 Turner Block; project completed 2004, 

· Wayne County Courthouse exterior restoration in 1984; drawings featured in the Ohio Historical Society's Annual Report; renovated courtroom and restored rotunda; renovated old Wayne County Jail into restaurant, 

· Published a report on the renovation of the Ohio Statehouse that helped save the turn-of-the-century Statehouse Annex,

· Advocate for preservation of the 1970 Marcel Breuer-designed wing of the Cleveland Museum of Art,

· Plans and specifications for the restoration of McKim, Mead & White Hanna Mansion, Bratenahl, Ohio

· Master plan for the Cincinnati Historical Society housed in an Art Deco landmark, one of America's great old train stations,

· House Additions and Renovations (Selected Projects)

Ben Norton, Lorain; family room & master bedroom addition to historic lakefront Greek Revival; Greg Allen, Avon; family room & master bedroom addition to old farmhouse; new kitchen addition; Frederick Stueber, Kelley's Island; new front porch and bathrooms for landmark Greek Revival; Frederick Hauret, Cleveland; lofted apartment addition; Rick Nicholson, Cleveland; front stair and porch reconstruction; Claude Weagraff, Lakeside; front porch reconstruction,

· Master plan prepared for Glamorgan Castle in Alliance, Ohio, one of Ohio's most impressive landmarks,

· Prepared plans, supervised construction and financing of two $150,000 conversions of dilapidated houses in Cleveland's Brooklyn Centre; residence and office of this firm for 20 years at Weldon Davis House, an 1895 Queen Anne style house,

· Restoration of Dover Farm in Westlake, former country residence of U. S. Sen. T. E. Burton, later, abandoned nursing home,

· Work since 2011 on the Vermillion Institute in Hayesville, Ashland County, Ohio, an 1845-46 landmark former college building, to be converted by Steve McQuillin into his new office and residence.  Projected completion in 2015. State and federal preservation credits helped to fund this project,

· Elyria High School was part of a design team for this $55 million dollar complex that integrated as its centerpiece the 1894 Richardsonian Romanesque Washington Building; completed in 2012; ongoing work for Elyria City Schools on historic preservation issues. 

· East Cleveland - National Register eligibility study for Forest Hill Avenue historic district, 2010-11

· Bay Village, Westlake, Strongsville, Canfield, Ashland, Hancock, Lorain, Marion, Mahoning and Wayne Co. Historical Society master plans; planning for Fashion Museum at Kent State University

· Malabar Farm State Park, Lucas, Ohio - renovation plans for Malabar Inn and plan for museum complex

· Springfield Old City Hall- master plan for conversion to a historical facility and public office building

· Historic American Buildings Survey documentation of 33 buildings in Springfield, Ohio, in 1997-98 for the city, development of a Memorandum of Agreement and Programmatic Agreement between the city and the Ohio SHPO

· Service from 1987-2004 as consultant to the Historical Subcommittee of the Gates Mills Architectural Board of Review.

· Survey of over five hundred historic resources in Alliance, Ohio, 1991-93, recorded in the Ohio Historic Inventory.

· Historic surveys in several neighborhoods of Akron, including Storer Avenue, Mull Avenue, University of Akron areas

· Survey of over sixty U. S. post offices from the 1930s prepared for the U.S. Postal Service in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky

· Brooklyn Centre Multiple Resource Area and historic district nominations prepared in Cleveland, expanded the Ohio City National Register boundaries; prepared National Register nomination in Franklin-West Clinton neighborhood

· Detailed plan was prepared in 1997 for restoring Cleveland Public Square into a single large park, based on its historic appearance; plans endorsed by environmental and arts groups with studies to evaluate its potential; published 5-17-98 and 9-20-98 and forms the basis for the current Public Square plan, completed in 2016. 

· Mansfield local preservation ordinance written and used to enable the city to become Ohio's first Certified Local Government; properties nominated to the National Register and plan developed for houses along Park Avenue West 

· Preservation consultant to Canton's Community Development Department; surveys of over 700 downtown buildings

· Olmsted Falls, Ohio Historic Inventory of over 150 properties; wrote new historic preservation ordinance; assisted the city in the development of its strategic long-range development plan; and prepared National Register district nomination

· Preservation laws for Elyria, Oberlin, Ravenna, Gates Mills, Wooster, Hiram, Alliance, Strongsville and Mansfield

· McQuillin has special expertise on The Americans with Disabilities Act, spoke at a conference on the subject and prepared plans for several historical organizations that sensitively address the needs of the handicapped in historic properties

· Heritage Conservation grant consultant for local organizations to help preserve their historic buildings, including Lorain, Hancock, Ashland, Clinton County historical societies, Cincinnati Union Terminal, Mahoning Valley HS, KSU Museum

· Preservation plan, City of Altoona, highlighting its historic resources and rail heritage, funded by National Park Service.

· Consultant on 1931 First National Center, 1963 United Founders Life Tower, 1966 Citizens Bank Tower, 1972 Lincoln Plaza Inn and 1966 Tiffany House, all in Oklahoma City, Early Modern high-rise landmarks; $500 million in total rehabilitation costs

· Preservationist for the M. T. Silver Building and the Sunshine Cloak Company in Cleveland's Superior Lofts district, 2010-13.

· Preservation consultant for Orpheum Theatre restoration and Municipal Auditorium, Sioux City, Iowa (2000-06)

· Work on 1883 Seneca County Courthouse, Tiffin; applied for and obtained $2 million state tax credit (2008)

· Service 1988-2010 as consultant for NELA Park (GE Consumer & Industrial) the nation's first industrial park; prepared preservation management plan, oversaw $50 million in renovations of over ten buildings.  Consultant to new owner Phoenix Investors on plans to convert Nela Park into housing. 

· Consultant for $100-plus million rehabilitation of the 1927 Terminal Tower (2005-14) and 1931 Higbee Building (1984-2012) renovations for Forest City Enterprises

· Woodland Ave. & West Side Street Railway Power House converted into the focal point of the Flats' west bank entertainment

· Preservation consultant on projects in Cleveland's Warehouse District including the Hat Factory, Johnson Block, Jobber's Block, Chamberlain Block, Burgess Block, Painters' Building, Cornell Block, Grand Arcade, Hilliard Block, 820 Building, Bloch's Block, Miller Block, Lorenzo Carter Building, Courthouse Square, New York Coach Block, Tackaberry Trunk Company, Shanman Building and the Perry-Payne Building

· Renovation guidance of two major historic buildings at USS/Kobe Steel Co., Lorain, as part of a half-billion-dollar project

· Plans for re-use of schools, including Oberlin's Union Centre for the Arts; Beehive and Doan schools in Cleveland transformed into senior housing; re-use plans also prepared for Watterson, St. John Cantius, East Madison, Lulu Diehl and Hodge schools in Cleveland and for Amherst Central High School

· Greyhound Bus Station, Cleveland, Ohio, rehabilitation of this 1946 Art Moderne style building

· College of Wooster 1936 Babcock Hall renovation (2008), Oberlin College 1914 Apollo Theatre (2009-12)

· Federal Knitting Mills (2005), Metro Lofts (2003), Northern Ohio Blanket Mills (2008-09) conversions of old factories into lofts

Opulent Interiors of the Gilded Age, (published 1984), Dover Publications, with Arnold Lewis and James Turner

The History of Ohio's Counties and Their Historical Courthouses, (published 1985), with Dr. Larry Marzulli as co-author

Preserving Our Past, (published 1976), Lorain County, Ohio landmarks published by the Lorain County Regional Planning Commission.

Ohio Statehouse Renovation Plan, (published 1976), 50-page report published with a grant from Columbia University

AIA Guide to Cleveland Architecture, (published 1990), authored the chapter on architectural styles found in Cleveland.

A Guide to Cleveland Architecture, (published 1990)