2019 Preservation Pennsylvania Special Focus Award for Public Impact
2019 Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia Economic Impact Award
Once a major hub for the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railway Company, the South Philadelphia site that served as a funeral stop for President Abraham Lincoln after his assassination has become Lincoln Square, a vibrant mixed-use development. KMA was architect of record for the rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of the c. 1876 train shed and an addition, which became the new home of a Sprouts Farmers Market grocery store.
The train shed, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011, was constructed using a 100-foot Fink truss design, more commonly used for railway bridges. This project restored the 32,000-square-foot shed to its original late Gothic style, with a broad sloping roof, cast iron roof brackets, thick brick walls, glazed roof monitors, and expanse of exposed wood decking as key features.
The addition, which created a new entrance, is both modern and compatible with the historic shed. Its massing is simple; it is one story tall with a flat roof and a raised clerestory at the center bay. The north and south exterior brick walls are aligned with those of the train shed. The brick piers and windows continue the rhythm of the existing piers and openings of the shed. The increased transparency and scale of the east-facing main entrance is in response to Broad Street and the adjacent new midrise building. The interior structural steel framing system is exposed in a way similar to the train shed. Without a demising wall between the addition and train shed, there is one continuous functional and spatial experience.
