diff --git a/app/views/_controls.html.erb b/app/views/_controls.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06d16d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/_controls.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<nav class="navbar navbar-light bg-light navbar-expand-sm justify-content-between align-items-center px-2 py-3 border-bottom" role="navigation" aria-label="Root Menu">
+    <ul class="nav navbar-nav col-sm-5">
+      <li class="nav-item <%= 'active' if current_page?(hyrax.root_path) %>">
+        <%= link_to t(:'hyrax.controls.home'), hyrax.root_path, class: "nav-link", aria: current_page?(hyrax.root_path) ? {current: 'page'} : nil %></li>
+      <li class="nav-item <%= 'active' if current_page?(hyrax.about_path) %>">
+        <%= link_to t(:'hyrax.controls.about'), hyrax.about_path, class: "nav-link", aria: current_page?(hyrax.about_path) ? {current: 'page'} : nil %></li>
+      <li class="nav-item <%= 'active' if current_page?(hyrax.contact_path) %>">
+        <%= link_to t(:'hyrax.controls.contact'), hyrax.contact_path, class: "nav-link", aria: current_page?(hyrax.contact_path) ? {current: 'page'} : nil %></li>
+    </ul><!-- /.nav -->
+    <div class="col-sm-7">
+      <%= render partial: 'catalog/search_form' %>
+    </div>
+  </nav><!-- /.navbar -->
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/homepage.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/homepage.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db9e818
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/layouts/homepage.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<% content_for(:navbar) do %>
+  <%= render '/controls' %>
+<% end %>
+
+<% content_for(:precontainer_content) do %>
+  <%= render 'hyrax/homepage/announcement' if controller_name == 'homepage' %>
+<% end %>
+
+<%= render template: 'layouts/hyrax' %>
diff --git a/config/locales/hyrax.en.yml b/config/locales/hyrax.en.yml
index 99e5cc9..1b135f4 100644
--- a/config/locales/hyrax.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/hyrax.en.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ en:
           title_tesim: Title
   hyrax:
     account_name: My Institution Account Id
+    contact_form:
+      notice: Please use the contact form to submit inquiries about this system; to report a problem you are experiencing with the system; to request assistance using the system; or to provide general feedback.
     directory:
       suffix: "@example.org"
     footer: