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University of Delaware 44 Kent Way

Owner/User: University of Delaware The exterior restoration successfully maintains and
improves the stately classical image with limited custom
Location: Newark, Delaware
window replacements; an all-new slate roof with copper
Design Statement: Bernardon provided design services flashings, integral gutters, and snow guards; interior
for an exterior restoration and interior renovation to this storm windows to maintain the original exterior window
stately 10,000 square foot Georgian-revival building in sightlines; extensive exterior millwork repairs; removal of
order to provide new space for graduate student services. several unsightly industrial lighting fixtures and improved
ADA access. Site improvements also included improved
Originally built in 1926, the house was donated by its landscaping and decorative fencing.
original owners to the University in 1966. Since then, the
building has served as temporary administrative office More recently Bernardon provided interior design
space, a women’s residence hall, a temporary student services to fit out the space as a new home for The Biden
infirmary, and home of UD’s Blue and Gold Club, a private Institute, part of the University’s School of Public Policy
dining facility for faculty, staff and alumni. & Administration, including a private office for founding
chair and former Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

“It’s wonderful to see this lovely building open again, to serve our graduate students and
international students and scholars and provide a gathering place they can call their own.”
—Nancy Brickhouse, Deputy Provost, University of Delaware

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