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Revised concepts for Aldersgate Way civic building lean toward agrarian forms; staff seeks material, sign, and refuse details
Summary
Design team for a proposed fire/EMS station at 110 Aldersgate Way presented agrarian‑inspired sketch options after a Historic Zoning Commission deferral. Staff said the site sits within the preservation overlay and asked for clarification on materials (brick/stone), coloring, refuse enclosure access, and monument sign placement; commissioners asked the team to make the new building read as a distinct agrarian outbuilding rather than read as an extension of the nearby church.
The design team returned to the DRC with conceptual sketches for a civic building at 110 Aldersgate Way — the parcel that includes Franklin First United Methodist Church — following a deferral at the Historic Zoning Commission. The project was introduced as a fire/EMS station; staff emphasized the site’s location within the historic preservation overlay and that the building will be most visible from Mack…
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