UMHB Curtis Mansion

The University of Mary Hardin Baylor entered into a design contract with MRB Group’s architects to prepare documentation to renovate the first floor of the 120-year-old historic Curtis Mansion at the university’s entrance. MRB Group’s designers provided plans for offices, a conference room, stairs, and an ADA-compliant ramp to serve the back entrance.

These planned changes came immediately after the completion of the rebuilt exterior, which included repointing, foundation repairs, a roof, and extensive historical detailing of the facades.

The scope of work included the following:

• As-built, field measure, and prepare working drawings of the complete interior of the mansion
• Prepare code analysis and apply historic restrictions to the proposed redesign
• Renovate the first floor’s interior for campus planning and urban design team
• Complex redesign of the electrical supply to and through the historic structure and New HVAC to serve the entire building
• New code-compliant stair and ADA ramp system to access the ground and second floor from the existing parking lot level

Big Idea

To preserve as much of the historic nature to meet the needs of UMHB