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The Town of Deep
River received a $500,000 Small Cities Grant through the Connecticut Department
of Economic and Community Development (DECD). Thus, there was an opportunity
to develop a new facility to house both a Youth Center and a Visiting Nurses
Group.
In terms of context, the site has a pastoral quality, resting within a
residential neighborhood of Queen Ann, Cape Cod, and Italianate styles.
The new design, which needed to coexist in harmony within this context,
evolved into a New England Cape Cod-Farmhouse Hybrid solution.
The use of entry porches and columns, intersecting and scissored gables,
cupola with weathervane, double hung windows, clapboard siding and articulated
trim are integrated to establish a contextual relationship within the surrounding
neighborhood. Interior spaces include offices, treatment room, counseling
room, group and recreation rooms, bathrooms, storage, and common lobby
areas.
Essentially, this new building fulfills the spatial and functional
needs of the Tri-Town Youth Services and the Visiting Nurses groups, as
well as serving the needs of the community.
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