BONNIE MARK

ASSOCIATE

BONNIE MARK

ASSOCIATE

Bonnie Wilkinson Mark brings over 25 years of professional experience in working with federal, state, and local preservation programs in Georgia, New York, and Pennsylvania. Her expertise focuses on the rehabilitation of existing commercial buildings in urban or rural areas. She has been involved with numerous high-profile historic rehabilitation projects across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that required compliance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation as well as resolution of window, security, and demolition issues.

Bonnie assisted the Delta team’s identification of funding related to the exterior and interior rehabilitation of Schmucker Hall on the campus of Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg. She is leading Delta’s efforts to provide historic preservation Rehabilitation Investment Tax Credit (RITC) services for the rehabilitation of the Citizens Bank Building in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, and at The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Serving as the Project Manager, she prepared a National Register of Historic Places nomination form so the owners of the Scranton Lace Company complex could qualify for the RITC program.

Prior to joining Delta, Bonnie was the historical architect for the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission’s Bureau for Historic Preservation. She was responsible for the technical review and administration of the Rehabilitation Investment Tax Act Program (historic tax credit) for the Commonwealth. As part of her review, she worked with architects, developers, and property owners to solve complicated rehabilitation issues affecting buildings throughout Pennsylvania. She wrote Case Studies in Affordable Housing Through Historic Preservation, Number 3: Shelly School Apartments, West York, Pennsylvania, published by the National Park Service. Additionally, she assisted architects and municipalities with planning assistance and interpretation of the ICC International Existing Building Code and Americans with Disabilities Act, as they relate to historic buildings.

Formerly, Bonnie owned and operated a consulting firm that specialized in historic preservation and community development. She prepared individual, historic district, and multiple property documentation nominations for the Aluminum Resources in Southwestern Pennsylvania and New Kensington for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. Additionally, she prepared Historic American Building Survey documentation as part of environmental compliance requirements.

Bonnie earned a Master of Arts degree in Preservation-Planning from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. She graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Bonnie meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualifications Standards, 36 CFR Part 61, for Architectural History and Historic Architecture.