History Education Center Featuring a 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 by: Mark Cavagnero Mark Cavagnero Associates, Architects | San Francisco, CA
Concept Design for a History Education Center
for the Torrington Historical Society 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- Create an accessible research library where historical documents, maps, and photographs can be viewed by the public
- Allow the historical society to better serve the community, schools, and tourists with new, accessible spaces for expanded programs, exhibits, and events
- Provide a first-class space at the museum for public and private events.
- Enhance the Torrington Cultural District by providing a new destination for people to explore, learn, and study Torrington’s rich 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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