JOHN L. OAKS Vice President Drafting & Design Specialist Associate Degree, Drafting and Design Engineering Technology, West Virginia University Institute of Technology, 1997

John Oaks is Paul D. Marshall Architects & Engineers' expert computer draftsman. He is proficient in state-of-the-art, three-dimensional rendering, graphic design, and presentation design. He is responsible for total project production for Paul D. Marshall Architects & Engineers, an architectural firm specializing in historic restoration and renovation, as well as adaptive re-use of existing structures.

Mr. Oaks joined Paul D. Marshall Architects & Engineers in 1997. Before joining the architectural firm, he worked as a tutor at West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Montgomery, West Virginia, where he earned his Associate's Degree in drafting and design-engineering technology. Before enrolling at WVU Tech, he was employed as a carpenter.

His project experience at PDM Associates includes the following:

• The Arcade, Charleston, WV. For McCabe-Henley developers, an in-depth historical survey and physical documentation of two-story, nineteenth-century, glass-roofed arcade building in downtown Charleston.
• The Kanawha Hotel, Charleston, WV. For McCabe-Henley developers, a historical survey and existing conditions report of an early twentieth-century downtown hotel building.
• Putnam/Hauser House, Blennerhassett Island State Park, WV. Relocation of eighteenth-century, original homestead of the Putnam family to Blennerhassett Island, where it has been preserved as an interpretive historic site.
• Ironton Catholic Churches, Ironton, OH. Consulting services for facade restoration of two early-twentieth-century churches and a high school building, with a restoration plan report.
• Thomas Jefferson, Jr. High School (original Charleston High School), Charleston, WV. Renovation and adaptive use of 1920s high school building for apartments and condominiums.
• Hughes River Presbyterian Church, Cairo, WV. Consulting for repairs to floor structure of 1870s wood church building.
• McCrory's Building, Charleston, WV. Restoration and adaptive use of 1920s, terra-cotta façade in downtown Charleston.
• McFarland/Hubbard House, Charleston, WV. Consulting services-including production of measured drawings-for adaptive-use feasibility study of historic 1834 house.
• McFarland/Hubbard House, Charleston, WV. Stabilization and restoration of 1834 house for West Virginia Humanities Council.
• Coyle & Richardson Building, Charleston, WV. Comprehensive restoration and renovation of 1907 Coyle and Richardson drygoods store and offices built in the classical-formalism style. Facilities now serve as the corporate offices of AMFM Corporation.
• Charleston Municipal Auditorium, Charleston, WV. National Register of Historic Places nomination for 1939, art-deco performing hall for Kanawha Valley Historical & Preservation Society.
• West Virginia Governor's Mansion, Charleston, WV. Design of retrofit railing for 1928 governor's mansion originally designed by architect Walter F. Martens.
• Ort Building, Charleston, WV. National Register of Historic Places nomination for 1898 brick commercial building to become offices for PDM Associates.
• Maple Terrace, Charleston, WV. Renovation and restoration of 12 early-twentieth-century townhouses and an apartment building to serve as single-family residences.
• L&S Building, Charleston, WV. Restoration of façade of 1903, Italianate-style Loenstein Hardware Building to house the law offices of Flagherty, Sensibaugh & Bonasso.
• Scott Brothers Drug Store, Charleston, WV. Restoration and renovation of 1896 Victorian building to house the law firm of Bailey and Glasser.