History Education Center
A new community center at the Torrington Historical Society focused on exhibiting, studying, and preserving the community’s multi-cultural history and diversity.
A transformational facility for the Historical Society and the Community; Featuring a multi-purpose, state-of-the-art addition to the Hotchkiss-Fyler Carriage House as well as a complete interior renovation of the historic Carriage House.
Concept Design for a History Education Center
for the Torrington Historical Society
by Mark Cavagnero Associates, Architects, San Francisco CA
by Mark Cavagnero Associates, Architects, San Francisco CA
The project will allow the historical society to serve the community in these ways:
- Solve a critical need for climate-controlled museum and archival storage that will ensure the long-term preservation of important community history.
- Create an accessible research library where historical documents, maps, and photographs can be studied by the public
- Allow the historical society to better serve Torrington’s diverse community, schools, and tourists with new, accessible spaces for expanded programs, exhibits, and events
- Provide a first-class space at the museum for community events
- Enhance the Torrington Cultural District and the local economy with a new facility that will be a destination for visitors of all ages and backgrounds to explore Torrington’s rich culture and diverse history
- Make Torrington proud of its heritage!
Project Details
New construction (north of carriage house):
- 3,200 square feet of storage for objects in the museum collection (basement)
- 1,300 square feet of storage for archival materials such as: documents, maps, and photographs with attached public access reading room and offices (1st floor)
- 1,400 square feet of new gallery space (2nd floor)
- 1,900 square feet of roof terrace for events (2nd floor)
- Two-story glass connector between the carriage house and the new construction
- Elevator to access all floors of the new addition and the carriage house
- New fully accessible restrooms
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