EUGENE FIELDS APARTMENTS

Historic renovation and adaptive reuse to residential apartments

The last remaining historic schoolhouse in the community of Park Hills, its simple functional design still reflects the working class ethic of the people who came to Missouri's top lead-mining area in the early 20th century. Composed of an original building dating from 1907, and an early addition (1911), the building has retained much of its historical integrity inside and out.

Eugene Fields project consists of one and two-bedroom apartments in the original school building as well as in a new addition. The facility includes an exercise area, community and sitting rooms and an outdoor barbecue area. The construction of a new rear wing that complements the existing building. It was the 12-apartment units in the old school building that were in highest demand. In those apartments the original ceiling height was restored, the historic interior millwork and the original wooden floors. The doorways into each classroom were rebuilt with period appropriate doors. Badly deteriorated windows were replaced with windows that closely matched the historic multipaned window sashes. The arched front entry, which was altered in an earlier renovation, was reconstructed based on historic photos.

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COMPLETED - 2004

AWARDS

- Missouri Preservation Preserve Missouri Award 2006