EDR is providing ongoing support for the rehabilitation of the 1932 Abraham Pierson School into 50 units of senior housing with a community center. The three-story building, located in the Clinton Village Historic District, was designed by Norton & Townsend and includes a historic gymnasium, which will be preserved as part of a ground-floor community center.
EDR worked closely with the project architect and the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (state historic preservation office) to ensure changes to the 1932 building and its 1952 wing, as well as construction of a new addition, would meet the Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit program standards. Project challenges included balancing the rigorous Part 2 Application requirements with funding schedules and other project timelines.
EDR is continuing to provide historic preservation consulting to the project team to ensure compliance with Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit Program requirements.