Rosemount Museum
Pueblo, CO
Rosemount Museum was constructed as a private residence for the affluent banker John Thatcher and his family in Pueblo, Colorado in 1893. The 25,000 square foot three floor house was designed by the prominent New York architect Henry Hudson Holly. The house was constructed of rhyolite, a pink sandstone quarried at Castle Rock, Colorado. The roof was sheathed in red clay tile. The architecture of the house is characteristically Romanesque Revival, portraying a strong and substantial weight by use of the rusticated stone, low proportions and asymmetrical balance of architectural elements.
Bahr Vermeer Haecker conducted a Historic Structures Analysis on the Rosemount Museum to determine the current condition of the building and also determine a strategy and estimated cost for maintenance, repair and restoration in the future.
The foundation stone had deteriorated due to rising damp. This is a natural function of the type of stone used for the foundation. The foundation was repaired and proper drainage was installed to keep ground water from wicking into the building in the future. The tile roof also had reached the end of its natural life and was completely replaced with a clay tile that matches the original material. Bahr Vermeer Haecker was the architectural consultant for the restoration of the foundation and the roof.
Rosemount Museum was constructed as a private residence for the affluent banker John Thatcher and his family in Pueblo, Colorado in 1893. The 25,000 square foot three floor house was designed by the prominent New York architect Henry Hudson Holly. The house was constructed of rhyolite, a pink sandstone quarried at Castle Rock, Colorado. The roof was sheathed in red clay tile. The architecture of the house is characteristically Romanesque Revival, portraying a strong and substantial weight by use of the rusticated stone, low proportions and asymmetrical balance of architectural elements.
Bahr Vermeer Haecker conducted a Historic Structures Analysis on the Rosemount Museum to determine the current condition of the building and also determine a strategy and estimated cost for maintenance, repair and restoration in the future.
The foundation stone had deteriorated due to rising damp. This is a natural function of the type of stone used for the foundation. The foundation was repaired and proper drainage was installed to keep ground water from wicking into the building in the future. The tile roof also had reached the end of its natural life and was completely replaced with a clay tile that matches the original material. Bahr Vermeer Haecker was the architectural consultant for the restoration of the foundation and the roof.
