First Parish
Church

First Parish Church

Adaptive re-use

Renovation to existing church office building. The project consisted of relocating the entry and providing a new porch and ramp to reorganize the circulation of the building. The renovation also provided a new elevator and rest room core on both floors.

Client

First Parish Church

Website

www.uuchelmsford.org

Use

Church

Location

Chelmsford, MA

Size

2,900sf

Project Photos

undated historical photo

photographer: unknown

North Elevation before

Note the existing porch entrance close to the chapel entrance that created a very duplicitous circulation photographer: Will Arvidson

Original blueprint of 1955 addition

Kilham, Hopkins, Greeley and Brod architects photographer: David Hefflefinger

North Elevation Before and After

North-east perspective

Note the new porch and ramp photographer: David Hefflefinger

North-west perspective

New porch and ramp. New columns and railings. photographer: David Hefflefinger

North elevation

The entrance was relocated to the center of the middle building to clean up the circulation photographer: David Hefflefinger

Porch and ramp detail

The new porch features a pedimented portico with a low pitch to resemble the existing. photographer: David Hefflefinger

Ramp detail

The iron railings were kept simple to blend as best as possible photographer: David Hefflefinger

Entrance hall

Full light doors bring lighting into the core. photographer: David Hefflefinger

elevator and bath hall at the second floor

A window at the rear of the building brings light into the main hall. photographer: David Hefflefinger

Alliance parlor

An existing office was repurposed as the "alliance parlor" with new kitchenette and ramp. photographer: David Hefflefinger

Alliance parlor kitchenette

A new custom built-in serves the parlor photographer: David Hefflefinger

Alliance parlor

photographer: David Hefflefinger

Elevator hall

photographer: David Hefflefinger

Nursery room

Large "borrowed light" windows into the new ramp down to fellowship hall. photographer: David Hefflefinger

Entrance to the office building

photographer: David Hefflefinger

Sanctuary

The existing sanctuary was provided with a new sprinkler system photographer: David Hefflefinger

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