This facility was a Notable in the Law Enforcement Facilities III category of the 2024 Officer Station Design Awards.
Official Project Name: City of Harvard Police Department and City Hall
Project City/State: Harvard, IL
Date Completed: April 16, 2021
Chief/Director: Chief of Police Tyson Bauman/Finance Director Debi Beilot
Project Area (sq. ft.): 12,813
Total Cost: $4,600,000
Cost Per Square Foot: $353
Architect/Firm Name: Dewberry
City/State: Elmhurst, IL
Phone: (847) 841-0595
Website: dewberry.com
Design Team: Architect, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire Protection, Structural, Technology & Security Engineering - Dewberry, Landscape Architect - Hitchcock Design Group, Cost Estimator - CCS International, Inc., Civil Engineer - Eriksson Engineering Associates, Ltd., Geotechnical Engineer and Materials Testing - Rubino Engineering, Inc., Photographer – Chris McGuire Photography
Project Description
The original City of Harvard Police Department building was the former Moose Lodge, built in the 1950s. The facility was undermaintained, flooded every rainfall event, risking the storage of evidence, sanitary pipes broke regularly, and there was only one working toilet and urinal for all staff. City Board meetings were also held in this facility, which lacked public restrooms and air conditioning. A solution was developed to renovate portions of the existing City Hall while relocating the police department into a new addition, allowing the City to address all of its short- and long-term community needs. The approximate 13,000 SF addition to the City Hall facility addressed the need for better staff recruitment and retention. The LAW ENFORCEMENT FACILITIES III Less than 25,000 square feet Official Project Name: NOTABLE City of Harvard Police Department and City Hall Project City/State: Harvard, IL Date Completed: April 16, 2021 facility has become a tool for the City and police department to attract new talent and provide community programs that were not able to be provided in the past, as well as providing an easily identifiable City Center through the architectural addition and renovation.