Rockland Savings and Loan
Waldoboro, Maine Client: Rockland Savings and Loan Cost: $850,000 Completed: 2006 A new branch bank situated on route 1 in Waldoboro is designed as a commercial building with residential attributes. This new 2,800 s.f. establishment consists of largely wood construction. The interior has a large lobby flanked by offices and a conference room. An ample…
Camden National Bank
Rockland, Maine Client: Camden National Bank Cost: $3,500,000 Completed: 2007 The Spear Block building was purchased by Camden National Bank in 2006 with the goal of enhancing this historic building while adding to their well established Rockland presence. Extensive renovations of the first floor provides office space, a conference room, expansive lobby space and a…
Primo Restaurant
Rockland, Maine Client: Price Kushner Price approached us with the idea to expand his restaurant over an existing roof and try to blend this square footage with the existing historic house. By adding another gable we were successful in attaining some symmetry on the main elevation and took advantage of the opportunity of adding an…
Hope Fire Station
Hope, Maine Client: Town of Hope Cost: $605,000 Completed: December 2009 The Town of Hope selected us to design a new fire station in 2008. The rural site demanded a solution that met all of the programmatic needs and respected the surrounding environment. The result was a 5,000 s.f. fire station with three bay garage,…
Maritime Farms Townline Market
Rockland, Maine Client: Susan Ware Cost: $1,100,000 Completed: 2009 The design of this new convenience store for Maritime Energy marked a departure from their other convenience stores. The Barn style store marks an entry into Rockland and serves to improve the local commercial design aesthetic. “Merriam Architects helped us bring a concept for a new…
Bluenose Inn
Bar Harbor, Maine Cost: $3,600,000 ($74.50/S.F.) Completed: May 1995 This project entailed designing a 48,500 square foot hotel and conference center to replace an existing hotel destroyed by fire in the spring of 1994. The constraints involved keeping the hotel open and operating during construction and a tight design phase to close-out time frame for…
The Strand Theater
Rockland, Maine Client: Matthew & Ellen Simmons Cost: $4,000,000 Completed: 2005 This historic renovation of the Strand Theater required a concerted team effort to bring the building back to its former glory. Much care was taken to ensure that the vintage 1923 theater can be enjoyed as it once was. From the sign and marquee…