Rehabilitation and Historic Rehabilitation Design
Annual Town Meeting in 2016 approved $270,000 in design funds for the adaptive re-use of the building and to address significant systems, handicap access, fire suppression, and general operational layout upgrades in order to produce a code compliant, efficient office building within a historical context.
Later that year, Special Town Meeting approved a request from the Historical Commission for an additional $27,000 in Community Preservation Act funds for design money to specifically address areas where historically and architecturally accurate restoration work is needed for the house that is not inherently part of meeting the School Administration’s program and needs.
The architectural firm McGinley Kalsow & Associates was chosen to develop designs that address the adaptive re-use while balancing the historic preservation. The firm completed a thorough analysis and has been working with the Permanent Building Committee and the Historical Commission.