We began working with the Chickasaw Nation in 2013 when they asked us to renovate a Capitol Hill row house that serves as a type of embassy. The building is used to host meetings, activities, events, and also serves as an office and a place for members of the nation to stay when they are in Washington D.C. for meetings and events. It was also important for the Nation to maintain the historic elements and erase features installed in the structure’s past use as an apartment building.
We completed the project in two phases. In the first phase, we reconfigured the 2nd floor of this row house to create a formal conference room. We also demolished an adjacent large full bath to create two powder rooms. This segment was completed in November 2014.
The second project, completed in March 2015, was in the basement. It was more involved because the space had been used as an apartment. We gutted and reframed the space to create two bedrooms, a seating area/small meeting room, and updated the full bath.
Conference Room. This room had been a bedroom with an adjacent bath. The changes we made include:
Basement. Though we kept the existing rooms in the same location in the basement, we gutted and reframed the walls. Other features include: