Then & Now
Aided by earthquake
reserve funds, federal emergency-relief grants and alumni
donations, Stanford has spent more than $250 million on
quake repair and retrofitting projects in the past 10
years. In the process, planners seized the opportunity to
restore some of the university’s most beloved
architectural treasures, resulting in a campus not only
safer and more functional, but more beautiful. Below is a
recap of some of the hardest-hit buildings on campus,
along with their status 10 years later.
Memorial Church
Built:
1903
Damage:
Structural damage to crossing, the domed area where the
nave, transepts and chancel intersect. Stones in arches
cracked and slipped. Pews damaged by falling sandstone
and mosaic.
Status:
Restored in 1992 at a cost of $8.5 million (all privately
raised); the first major campus building to be renovated
after the 1989 quake.
Improvements:
Dome and arches reinforced; interior cleaned; balconies
reopened. Other improvements included better lighting,
sound and heating systems.
Hardest hit
by the quake were older structures in the heart of
campus, including Jane Stanford’s beloved Memorial
Church, which was strewn with chunks of masonry,
fragments of gold and blue Venetian tile, and splintered
wooden pews.
Buildings 300,
310, 370 (English Department; Provost's Office; Values
Technology Science & Society)
Damage:
Severe structural damage in parts of the Quad linked to
Language and Geology Corners; major crack in corner wall
closest to Geology Corner. Loose ceiling tiles and beams.
Status:
Restored in 1991-92 at costs of $1.7 million, $1.6
million and $1.5 million, respectively; funded by
earthquake facilities reserve.
Improvements:
Sandstone walls reinforced; new diaphragms and shear
walls added; arcades strengthened; interior renovated.
East and West
Portals
Damage:
Severe structural damage.
Status:
Restored just before the 1991 centennial celebration at a
cost of about $1.3 million.
Building 260
(Language Corner)
Damage:
Interior partition system weakened; serious cracks in
walls; extensive damage to plaster ceilings. Classrooms
were closed immediately after the quake and several
offices relocated.
Status:
Restored in 1996 at a cost of $13.2 million.
New name: Pigott
Hall.
Improvements:
Reinforcement of sandstone walls with shotcrete applied
to interior side; plywood diaphragm added to the second
and third floors. Upgraded mechanical and electrical
systems; interior renovation.
Building 320
(Geology Corner)
Damage:
Exterior and interior walls cracked and weakened, floors
uneven; extensive damage to plaster ceilings.
Status:
Repaired and reopened in 1996 at a cost of $10 million.
New name: Braun
Corner.
Improvements:
Arcades strengthened by replacing columns with reinforced
concrete replicas. Other improvements included
reinforcement of the sandstone walls with shotcrete
applied to interior; plywood diaphragm added to the
second and third floors. Upgraded mechanical and
electrical systems.
Building 30:
(African and Afro-American Studies; Modern Thought and
Literature)
Damage:
Serious cracks in exterior archway, interior damage.
Status:
Restored in 1996 at a cost of $2.25 million.
Received a 1998 American
Institute of Architects Merit Award for its
rehabilitation and historic preservation.
Hanna House
Built:
1937, considered to be one of Frank Lloyd Wright's most
significant structures
Damage:
Severe damage to central chimney and fireplace, which are
key to building's structural framework.
Status:
Reopened in 1999 at a cost of $2 million.
Improvements:
Seismic reinforcement while maintaining Wright's original
vision.
Graduate School
of Business
Built:
1965
Damage:
Major cracks in shear walls. Basement and ground floors
remained open after the quake; floors one through three
were closed.
Status:
Classroom-library wing renovated summer 1990; office wing
renovated summer 1991 at a total cost of $6.2 million,
about $5 million from gifts.
Improvements:
New shear walls added; other walls strengthened.
Museum
Built:
1891, restored 1906
Damage:
Suffered serious structural damage, including cracks in
exterior walls, displacement at eaves. Rotundas in
imminent danger of collapse. Balustrade removed from top
for safety.
Status:
Restored in 1999 at a cost of $36 million.
New name:
The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts.
Improvements:
New 42,000- square-foot wing; full structural upgrade of
original building, including addition of steel beams and
shear walls. New climate control, fire protection,
electrical and security systems.
Student Housing
Damage:
Fifteen older wooden student housing units damaged. Some
chimneys fell, some houses shifted from foundations;
plaster and walls cracked.
Status:
About half the Row Houses were reopened within a week or
two of the quake. Columbae, Durand, Roth and Theta Xi
required extensive work, completed within a year of the
quake. Synergy was considered beyond repair and
demolished in 1991; the vacant Delta Tau Delta was burned
by an arsonist and razed. The former Cooksey House was
repaired in 1993 and became Synergy.
In many campus
libraries, like the Law Library (pictured above),
bookshelves toppled in a domino effect. During the days
that followed, library volunteers and staff began the
daunting task of reshelving some 750,000 volumes.
Green Library West Wing
Built:
1919
Damage:
Severe structural damage; hollow clay tile interior walls
seriously cracked. Severe cracking in the rotunda and
walls that define the space under it. Cracking of
perimeter unreinforced masonry walls.
Cracking in the reinforced
concrete diaphragm slabs. Upper floors closed and books
removed to interim storage space.
Status:
Reopened in 1999 at a cost of $56 million -- the last
major Loma Prieta-damaged structure to be restored on
campus.
New name: The
Bing Wing.
Improvements:
New structural shear walls added; reconfigured utility
systems, including improved wiring for computers. New
information center and resource centers, improved traffic
flow between east and west wings. SR
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