Architectural Surveys
Grand Forks Air Force Base (Grand Forks, North Dakota)
Architectural survey of Air Force Base established in 1956. Project included a Cultural Resources Survey report and National Register recommendations for over 80 resources, many of which are associated with the base’s fighter-interceptor, bomber and tank missions. Michael R. Allen and Lynn Josse, surveyors, working as contractors to SAIC.
Completed July 2011
The Heart of the Ville (St. Louis, Missouri)
Work included full field survey and photography of 368 primary and 49 secondary resources in the Ville neighborhood, a historic African-American neighborhood and development of National Register recommendations. The work was completed for the Cultural Resources Office of the City of St. Louis through a grant from the Missouri State Historic Preservation Office. Lynn M. Josse and Michael R. Allen, surveyors.
Completed August 2010
Holly Hills (St. Louis, Missouri)
PRO Director Michael Allen was subcontractor on intensive survey of a largely residential neighborhood of St. Louis. Scope of work included field verification, survey of secondary resources and building descriptions.
Completed September 2009
Horsham Air Guard Station (Horsham, Pennsylvania)
Survey of 40 resources at Cold War-era Air Reserve Station, as subcontractor to SAIC.
Commenced October 2011
O’Fallon Neighborhood (St. Louis, Missouri)
Survey of 1,796 buildings for a National Register of Historic Places district nomination. Project includes community engagement through oral history, neighborhood newsletter articles, public meetings and other activities. Client: Acts Partnership.
Commenced February 2011
St. Louis Place (St. Louis, Missouri)
Survey and nomination as a historic district of approximately 150 resources on the near north side of St. Louis. Client: Community Renewal and Development, Inc. Michael R. Allen and Lindsey Derrington, surveyors and preparers.
Completed October 2010
Scott Air Force Base (Mascoutah, Illinois)
Work included full field survey and photography of 59 buildings, mostly built during the Cold War era, and two historic cemeteries as well as a Cultural Resources Survey report. Michael R. Allen, surveyor, working as contractor to SAIC.
Completed December 2010.
Historic Tax Credit Applications and Consultation
3325 Illinois Avenue; Benton Park Historic District; St. Louis, Missouri (pending)
3309 Meramec Avenue; Gravois-Jefferson Historic Streetcar Suburb District; St. Louis, Missouri (2010)
National Register of Historic Places Nominations
Castle Ballroom (St. Louis, Missouri)
1908 / J.D. Paulus, architect
Lynn Josse, preparer
Listed January 18, 2011
National Park Service Weekly Feature article on the Castle Ballroom nomination.
Central States Life Insurance Company Building (St. Louis, Missouri)
1921 / T.P. Barnett Co., architects
Lindsey Derrington and Michael R. Allen, preparers
In Progress
Cote Brilliante Avenue in The Ville Historic District (St. Louis, Missouri)
Lynn Josse and Michael R. Allen, preparers
State approval, November 2011
Marshall School Neighborhood in The Ville Historic District (St. Louis, Missouri)
Lynn Josse and Michael R. Allen, preparers
State approval, November 2011
Murphy, Joseph and Ann, Residence (University City, Missouri)
1939-1962 / Joseph Murphy, architect
Michael R. Allen, preparer
Listed May 10, 2010
Reber Place Historic District (St. Louis, Missouri)
Lynn Josse and Michael R. Allen, preparers
State approval, August 2011.
Old Pond School (Wildwood, Missouri)
Lynn Josse, preparer
In Progress
St. Ferdinand Avenue in The Ville Historic District (St. Louis, Missouri)
Lynn Josse and Michael R. Allen, preparers
State approval, November 2011
St. Louis Place Historic District (St. Louis, Missouri)
Michael R. Allen and Lindsey Derrington, preparers
Listed August 31, 2011.
“Early Irish Influence in St. Louis Place” by Lindsey Derrington
“St. Louis Place: Sidewalk Plaques and Brick Alleys” by Michael R. Allen
“St. Louis Place Nominated for Historic Designation”
Scudder Motor Truck Company Building (St. Louis, Missouri)
Michael R. Allen, preparer
State consideration, February 2012
Shaw’s Garden Historic District (St. Louis, Missouri)
Michael R. Allen and Lynn Josse, preparers
State approval, November 2011
Stonebrook (Jefferson County, Missouri)
1959 / Harris Armstrong, architect
Michael R. Allen and Andrew Raimist, preparers
Listed January 14, 2011
Yeatman Square Historic District (St. Louis, Missouri)
Michael R. Allen and Carla Bruni, preparers
State consideration, February 2012
Public History Projects
Framing a Modern Masterpiece: The City + The Arch + The River 2015 (St. Louis, Missouri)
Cultural resource management planning for the SOM/Hargreaves Associates team, one of the five finalists in the competition.
February through September 2010.
Mercantile Exchange (St. Louis, Missouri)
Research and writing for sidewalk plaques on downtown history placed around converted downtown shopping mall. Subcontractor to TOKY.
Installation, April-May 2011
Recordations and National Register Eligibility Assessments
Broadview Hotel; East St. Louis, Illinois (2010, eligibility assessment)
Cochran Gardens Tower; St. Louis, Missouri (2011, recordation)
Hodgen School; St. Louis, Missouri (2011, eligibility assessment)
House on 255th Street; Ft. Madison, Iowa (2010, eligibility assessment)
House on Gold Street; Alton, Illinois (2011, survey form and eligibility assessment)
