Experience
Timothy Penich has been involved in numerous historic preservation and repair and rehabilitation projects since joining WJE. His historic preservation experience includes Historic Structure Reports, Cultural Landscape reports, Historic American Building Surveys (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), National Register nominations, and architectural historical surveys of rural and urban structures and districts. This work has required him to perform surveys of historic buildings, conduct archival research, and write historical and descriptive narratives. In addition, Mr. Penich has participated in masonry investigations and developed repair and rehabilitation documents for contemporary and historic structures.
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS
Historic Preservation
- Blue Ridge Parkway - NC and VA: Assessment and inventory of 1,100 buildings, structures, bridges, and tunnels
- Rural Structures Survey - Will County, IL: Architectural historical survey of farmsteads and related sites
Historic Structure Reports
- Auburn - Natchez, MS: Building investigation and assessment, and writing of Historic Structure Report for historic estate
- Fort Pulaski National Monument - Savannah, GA: Building investigation and assessment; writing of Historic Structure Reports for Battery Hambright, Visitor Center, and Fort Pulaski
- Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites: Investigation and assessment; writing of condition assessment reports for buildings at four parks and historic sites
- Gulf Islands National Seashore - FL: Building investigation and assessment; writing of Historic Structure Reports for the mine support structures, Battery Cullum-Sevier, Battery Langdon, and Battery 234 CRF/BCS Tower
- Henry Bollman House - Los Angeles, CA: Building investigation and assessment; writing of Historic Structure Report
- Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park - Atlanta, GA: Building investigation and assessment; writing of Historic Structure Reports for nine buildings
- Peter Strauss Ranch - Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, CA: Archival research, investigation, assessment; writing of Historic structure Report for residential complex
- St. Elizabeths Hospital West Campus - Washington, D.C.: Archival research and writing for historic structure reports for seventy buildings
HABS and HAER Documentation
- Church of the Resurrection - West Chicago, IL: HABS drawings and narrative
- Eames House - Los Angeles, CA: HABS drawings
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum - Boston, MA: HABS drawings and narrative
- St. Elizabeths Hospital West Campus - Washington, D.C.: HABS narrative
- St. James School - Arlington Heights, IL: HABS drawings and narrative
National Register Nominations
- Flat Top Estate Historic District (Moses H. Cone National Memorial Park) - Blue Ridge Parkway, VA: National Register nomination
- Kingsley Plantation, Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve - FL: National Register nomination
- Pensacola Harbor Defense Project (Fort Pickens) - Gulf Islands National Seashore, FL: National Register nomination
- White Wolf Lodge - Yosemite National Park, CA: National Register determination of eligibility
Repair and Rehabilitation Design
- Battery Cullum-Sevier - Gulf Islands National Seashore, FL: Investigation and assessment of historic concrete battery, and development of conceptual repair documents
- Midtown Square - Glenview, IL: Investigation and assessment of ongoing parapet masonry issues, and development of repair documents
Professional Affiliations
American Institute of Architects (AIA)
Association for Preservation Technology International (APT)
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Society of Architectural Historians (SAH)
Registrations
Architect in GA and IL
NCARB Certified
Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bachelor of Science, Architectural Studies, 2007
Master of Architecture, 2009
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