Lincoln City Cultural Center was first known as The Lincoln City Arts Forum when established on August 10, 1992. It dates back to 1929, when historic DeLake School was a center for education for the children of Lincoln City.
We begin by first showing historically accurate reproduction windows designed and built by Vintage Window Restorations. Both the top and bottom sash operate by weight and pulley mechanisms. The windows are weather sealed for energy efficiency and pass building code inspection.
Look at the picture above and compare to the next picture showing exactly how it looked before the project.
As we go inside you will first see the interior finish carpentry that adapts the historically accurate window to a modern wall framing technique. The work needed to be equivalent in quality and use for the art galleries purpose. The next photo shows the interior carpentry work before we removed it to install the new windows. The sides were made of plywood and finger jointed wood. The walls are extra deep due to an additional 2×6 framed wall over the original wall.
We mix things up a little next by first showing the Before and then the After. The basement windows prior to being restored were painted shut, along with putty failure and rusting steel columns. Then we show the basement windows fully restored and preserved. The steel column was restored and sealed. And now the windows operate and are weather sealed for coastal climate.
All of this may look easy but there is so much that goes into the process while we are not on your site. Following is part of the Window Reproduction Manufacturing process at our shop. We encourage you to learn more about Vintage Window Restoration to see what goes on behind the scenes. Our video is very entertaining.
But for many visitors to the Lincoln City Cultural Center, not many will appreciate how the place looked before, the effort it took for our Window Restoration and Reproduction. They will just rather enjoy how authentic the building looks today.
We finished the first phase above then were planning a second and third phase beginning on this bank of windows.
Following is our installing the windows for Phase 2 and the completion of our work. We kept the space tidy and organized. A comparison of the new wood windows being Installed and the 1960’s window pre removal. We then show the windows installed and the difference in view and natural lighting.
This next image is for Phase 3 and shows what the rooms look like prior to window re-installation. The window jambs exist behind the plywood and the aluminum windows were Installed during the 1960’s. The new windows dramatically increase the natural lighting and solar gain eliminating the need for heating during the day. The exterior facade shows the comparison of the new historically accurate re-builds to be compared to the non-original 1960’s aluminum windows.
And now we enjoy the finished restoration of the Lincoln Cultural Center.
Some time passed before we were called back for more restoration work. We begin by showing the west entryway before removing the metal door and jamb for the installation of the new wooden door and wooden jamb similar to what was originally there in the 1920’s. This facade faces the Pacific Ocean, only two hundred yards away. This entry experiences tremendous wind, rain, salt and sand. Highway 101 is the primary road North and South, and this facade serves as the most viewed part of the building, over one thousand cars pass this building on any given day.
Then we show the west entryway after its installation. The grounds were recently overhauled and new parking lot built, the structure is fully occupied daily for numerous events, concerts, art exhibits, crafts and community engagement. The doors match the original blueprints. All of the windows and doors are made of the same wood specie and premium grade from the same specialty mill for a uniform appearance thru the entire structure.
The doors were made by hand using premium grade Douglas fir, solid brass hardware including era appropriate Von Duprin egress hardware. Interior finish work matches 1920’s style with crown with cornice molding. Transom window jamb, trim and sash above the door was built the previous year similar to the double hung windows from prior projects.
And here is the south entryway before it’s full restoration. The Large Transom sash will be fully restored to sound condition, the entire jamb stripped of paint, repairs made and re-painted with high grade linseed paint. The metal doors will be removed and new historically accurate doors will be built to take its’ place.
It was fully restored using solid brass hardware, high grade Von Duprin egress hardware identical to 1920’s schools, churches and commercial buildings. The Jamb and transom sash are original to the building and the doors custom built using historic machinery built and used in the 1920’s.
The interior shows the large transom sash has been fully restored with parts matching the door and window sash in the building. The two doors have been built based on original blueprints with traditional door joinery, all of which treated with preservatives to endure the oceanic climate. all materials as solid brass and stainless steel. Weatherization is extensive and outperforms the previous metal doors by a long shot. The threshold is heavy gauge brass, secured to concrete anchors in a newly poured threshold. The mullion dividing the doors is removable.
Vintage Window Restoration is capable of helping you with your community development project in making gathering spaces safer, aesthetically appealing, and capable of letting in fresh air and regulating the inside temperature. Our services cover all aspects of window repair, restoration, and preservation. Our team is capable of matching unique molding profiles and jambs in the event new ones need to be made. If storm sash or screens are desired, we have that covered too. Contact Vintage Window Restoration for your unique project needs.