HADLEY DEAN BUILDING

HADLEY DEAN HISTORIC RENOVATION

ST. LOUIS, MO

 

BUILDING SYSTEMS DIVISION

 

BUILT IN 1903, THE 40,000 SF 7-STORY FORMER GLASS WAREHOUSE WAS DESIGNED BY ISAAC TAYLOR, ARCHITECT FOR THE ST. LOUIS WORLD’S FAIR

DIFFICULT RENOVATION DUE TO OUT-OF-PLUMB WALLS AND FLOOR, BELOW-CODE LIFE SAFETY SYSTEM, ROTTING TONGUE-AND-GROVE FLOORS

ON NATIONAL HISTORIC REGISTER, NECESSITATING COMPLIANCE WITH STRICT GUIDELINES

EDM WAS ONE OF THE MOVING FORCES BEHIND THE RENOVATION

EDM HEADQUARTERS UNTIL 1993