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Historic commission sends proposed West Sixth Street medical office to architectural review
Summary
The Lawrence Historic Resources Commission voted to send a proposed 3,000-square-foot medical office development near the Witter S. McCurdy House to the Architectural Review Committee for design refinement, citing concerns about the building's sense of entry, directional expression and massing in a historic context.
The Historic Resources Commission on July 17 referred a proposed new medical office at West Sixth Street — a roughly 3,000-square-foot building located in the context area of the Witter S. McCurdy House and Clinton Park — to the Architectural Review Committee for additional design work. The commission said it wants design changes that address the building's sense of entry, directional expression and mass while preserving compatibility with nearby historic properties.
Staff said the target site sits near the McCurdy House and the Old West Lawrence historic district and that the developer's current design orients the primary entry toward a parking lot, a layout staff described as more suburban than the surrounding historic context. "One of staff's concerns is…
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