Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church in Quarryville was selected for the 2021 C. Emlen Urban Award for Renovation from the Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County. The award cited the project as a collaborative venture between Hammel Associates Architects and Arthur Funk & Sons Inc., Construction Services.
The award is presented to recognize the people and their teams who preserve and adaptively reuse historic architecture. The Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church was built in 1765. The church's building committee, Hammel Associates Architects, and a team of craftspeople from Arthur Funk & Sons worked together to renovate the 5,455-square-foot sanctuary and preserve the historic features of the church.
The sanctuary renovations include opening up the balcony, re-appointing the artistic painting of the ceiling, removing and re-installing the original stained and lead glass windows in new thermally broken frames, and creating an accessible chancel. An ADA accessible restroom and a mother's room were added, providing an additional 207 square feet to the structure.
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