Enosburg Redevelopment

2007 Enosburg, VT
New commercial space, underground parking, and housing units. $6.1M
Principal: Bob Duncan
Photography:  Carol Stenberg

A tragic fire in February 2005 destroyed two buildings, several businesses and apartments on Main Street in Enosburg, VT, leaving a gaping hole in its business district. In addition, the Merchants Bank owned a building with two vacant upper floors. The new building would have to be mixed use to replace the commercial space, increase the amount of housing, and provide on-site parking to support those uses. The renovation of the Bank complies with the Secretary of the Interior's "Standards For Rehabilitation" and provides a mix of one and two bedroom units.

The Village context of late 1800's brick buildings, combined with local sentiment for a noncombustible building, guided the desire for a new building of brick. Requirements of on-site (underground) parking and a brick exterior demanded the design to be simple and repetitive to afford those features. The structural grid is the same for both parking and apartments, thus eliminating any transfer beams. The building includes green features such as highly efficient steel/foam exterior walls, fiberglass windows, locally made brick and linoleum floors.