CITY OF LEWISTON HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEW BOARD

CITY OF LEWISTON HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEW BOARD

3:00P.M.

I. Roll Call

II. New Business

Thursday, December 3, 2020-3:00 P.M. ZOOM Meeting

Lewiston City Building

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a. 197 Lisbon Street- Anchour Marketing Request for COA for Signage

b. 188 Lincoln Street National Register Nomination- HPR Board Review and Report

c. Discussion of 24 7 Blake Street Trinity Expansion

IV. Minutes: Approval ofDraft Meeting Minutes dated May 7, 2020

V. Adjourn

Note: An invitation will be sent out to HPRB members with a link and instructions on how to connect to the Zoom meeting.

The City of Lewiston is an EOE. For more information please visit our website@ www.lewistonmaine.gov and click on the Non-Discrimination Policy.

Cover Letter

To whom it may concern,

We are very excited to continue our commercial residency on Lisbon St and want to assure you that our street sign meets the following criteria:

Anchour Creative is looking to transfer our store front sign located at our current location of 223 Lisbon st to our new location 197 Lisbon St.

We feel the sign meets the following five criteria:

a. Placement- the sign will project out from the building with 12 feet of clearance from the sidewalk b. Text- There is no text on the sign c. Color-Black d. Materials- Metal e. Lighting- The sign uses small bulbs to illuminate the Anchour symbol

Thank you for your consideration!

Joshua Pritchard President/Owner Anchour Creative

Cell: 207.500.0001 Email: [email protected]

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PLEASE ATTACH DRAWINGS(S) TO SCALE INDICATING THE DESIGN AND LOCATIQN QF ANY PRQPQSED AL. TERATJON OR NEW CONSTRUCTION FOR WHICH THE CERTIFICATE IS REQUIRED AND ANY BUilDING OR SIGN PERMIT AP REQUIRED FOR THE PROPOSED WQRK.

~A PLEASE ATTACH PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE BUILDING AND OF ADJACENT BUILDINGS.

See. A-~ PLEASE INCLUDE A SITE PLAN SHOWING THE STRUCTURE IN CONTEXT AND INDICATING IMPROVEMENTS AFFECTING APPEARANCE, SUCH AS WALLS, WALKS, TERRACES. ACCESSARY BUILDiNGS, SIGNS AND OTHER ELE ENTS. . ~· ... 1

'-\"~ PLEASE PROVIDE NECESSARY INFORMATION FOR THE BOARD TO MAKE A POSITIVE FINDING THAT All THE APPLICABLE REVIEW CRITERIA UNDER ARTICLE XV, SECTION 5 QF THE LEWISTON ZONING AND LAND USE CODE ARE MET. (PLEASE REFER TO THE LEWISTON HISTORIC PRESERVATION DESIGN MANUAL FOR GUIDAN&E.)

~A~ THE HISTORIC PRESERVATIQN REVIEW BOARD SHALL CONSIDER AND APPROVE OR DENY THE APPLICATION WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS OF THE APPLICATION DATE UNLESS THE REVIEW PERIOI: IS EXTENDED UPON MUTUAL WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE BOARD AND THE APPLICANT.

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Normand R.. R(lusseau with a mailing address of 4 Cle~HWater Avenue~ Lewiston, Maine 04240, for consideration paid, grants to Br~dfo.rd 4.t ()>nant, LLC with a mailing addre.ss of84 Lisbon Street, Unit 4, Le\vtston) Maine 04240, with QUITCLAIM: COVENANT, a certain lot or parcel of hmd commonly known as 197-199 Lisbon Street, in Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, described as follows:

A certain lot or parcel of land with the buildings thereon situated in Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, bounded and described as follows:

Beginning at the intersection oftb.e northerly line of Pine Street with th¢: westerly line of Lisbon Street; thence the litte tuns in a northerly direCtion-along said lin:e of Lisbon Street a distance of fifty (50) feet to 1and fonnerly of Alex Leveille; thence the line runs in a westerly direction along said Leveille land. a distance of one hundred and ten (11 0) feet to an alley way; tlwn® the line rtm.s in a southerly direction along said alley way a distance of fifty (50} feet to a point in said line of Pine Street; thence the line runs "in an e.astedy ditectinn along said line of Pine Street one hundred and ten (11 0) feet to the point of beginning.

Being the same premises described in the Quitclaim Deed Without Covep~_tForeclosure Sale from Fleet.B.ank ofMaine to Nonnand R. Rousseau. dated October 8, 1996 and recorded in the Androscoggin County Registry ofDOOd:s in Book 3685~ Page 339.

ITNESS WHEREOF, the Grantor has caused this instrmn~!li to be executed on f Ja:nuary, 2017.

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JANET T. MILLS GOVERNOR

Douglas Greene

MAINE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION 55 CAPITOL STREET

65 STATE HOUSE STATION AUGUSTA, MAINE

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19 November 2020

Deputy Director Planning and Code Enforcement City of Lewiston 27 Pine Street Lewiston, ME 04240

KIRK F. MOHNEY DIRECTOR

Re: Lincoln Street Fire Station, Lincoln Street, Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, Tax map: 208 and lot 73.

Dear Mr. Greene:

We are pleased to inform you that the above property will be considered by the Maine Historic Preservation Commission for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. The National Register is the Federal government's official list ofhistoric properties worthy of preservation. Listing in the National Register provides recognition and assists in preserving our Nation's heritage. Enclosed is a copy of the criteria under which properties are evaluated as well as a fact sheet which discusses the effects oflisting.

Owners of private properties nominated to the National Register have an opportunity to concur in or object to listing in accord with the National Historic Preservation Act and 36 CFR 60. Any owner or partial owner of private property who chooses to object to listing may submit to the State Historic Preservation Officer a notarized statement certifying that the party is the sole or partial owner of the private property and objects to the listing. Each owner or partial owner of private property has one vote regardless of what part of the property that party owns. If a majority of private property owners object a property will not be listed; however, the State Historic Preservation Officer shall submit the nomination to the Keeper of the National Register for a determination of the eligibility of the property for listing in the National Register. If the property is then determined eligible for listing, although not formally listed, Federal agencies will be required to allow the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation an opportunity to comment before the agency may fund, license, or assist a project which will affect the property. If an owner chooses to object to the listing ofhis property, the notarized objection must be submitted to Kirk F. Mohney, S.H.P.O., Maine Historic Preservation Commission, 55 Capitol Street, 65 State House Station, Augusta, Maine 04333-0065, by January 21, 2021.

PHONE: (207) 287-2132 FAX: (207) 287-2335

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If you wish to comment on whether the property should be nominated to the National Register, please send your comments to the S.H.P.O. before the Maine Historic Preservation Commission considers this nomination at its meeting to be held remotely at 10:30 a.m. on January 22, 2021. You are cordially invited to attend this remote access meeting. To receive video or phone access links, please email [email protected] or call (207) 287-1453. A copy ofthe nomination and information on the National Register and Federal tax provisions are also available from the above address upon request.

Sincerely,

;U/~ Kirk F. Mohney State Historic Preservation Officer

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JANET MILLS GOVERNOR



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NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA


The quality of significance in American history, architecture, archaeology, and culture is present in districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects that possess integrity of location, design, setting, material, workmanship, feeling, and association, and:

A. that are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history; or

B. that are associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; or

C. that reflect in an outstanding manner the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or that represent the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values or that represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or

D. that have yielded or may be likely to yield information important in prehistory or history.

Ordinarily cemeteries, birthplaces, or graves of historical figures, properties owned by religious institutions or used for religious purposes, structures that have been moved from their original locations, reconstructed historic buildings, properties primarily commemorative in nature, and properties that have achieved significance within the last 50 years shall not be considered for the National Register. Such properties will qualify if they are integral parts of districts that meet the criteria or if they fall within the following categories:

A. a religious property deriving primary significance from architectural or artistic distinction or historical importance; or

B. a building or structure removed from its original location but which is significant primarily for architectural value, or which is the surviving structure most importantly associated with a historic person or event; or

C. a birthplace or grave of a historical figure of outstanding importance if there is no other appropriate site or building directly associated with his productive life; or

D. a cemetery that derives its primary significance from graves of persons of transcendent importance, from age, from distinctive design features, or from association with historic events; or

E. a reconstructed building when accurately executed in a suitable environment and presented in a dignified manner as part of a restoration master plan, and when no other building or structure with the same association has survived; or

F. a property primarily commemorative in intent if design, age, tradition, or symbolic value has invested it with its own historical significance; or

G. a property achieving significance within the past 50 years if it is of exceptional importance.

JANET MILLS GOVERNOR



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FACT SHEET

Listing of historic properties in the National Register results in the following:


1. Official recognition of the historic and cultural importance of a property as part ofthe Nation's heritage

which ought to be preserved.

2. Control and authority over the use and disposition of a property listed in the National Register or

deemed eligible for such listing remain solely with the owner unless he or she has applied for and received a

matching grant or other Federal funding, or is participating in a rehabilitation tax credit project. Listing in the National Register does not mean that limitations will be placed on the property by the Federal

government. Public visitation rights are not required by the owner.

3. Consideration in planning for Federal, federally licensed, and federally assisted projects. Section 106 of

the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 requires that Federal agencies allow the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation an opportunity to comment on all projects affecting historic properties listed in the

National Register. For further information please refer to 36 CFR 800.

4. Eligibility for Federal tax provisions. If a property is individually listed or contributes to the historic

significance of a listed National Register district, certain Federal tax provisions may apply. The Tax Reform

Act of 1986 provides a 20% investment tax credit for certified rehabilitations of historic commercial,

industrial and rental residential buildings. The Tax Treatment Extension Act of 1980 provides Federal tax

deductions for charitable contributions for conservation purposes of partial interests in historically important

land areas or structures. Whether such provisions are advantageous to a property owner is dependent upon

the particular circumstances of the property and the owner. Because tax aspects outlined above are

complex, individuals should consult legal counsel or the appropriate local Internal Revenue Service office

for assistance in determining the tax consequences of the above provisions. For further information please

refer to 36 CFR 67.

5. Qualification for Federal grants for historic preservation when funds are available. Presently funding is unavailable. Contact (S.H.P.O.) to determine the present status of such grants.

JANET T. MILLS GOVERNOR

Douglas Greene

MAINE HISTORIC PRESERV ATJON COMMISSION 55 CAPITOL STREET


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19 November 2020

Deputy Director Planning and Code Enforcement City of Lewiston 27 Pine Street Lewiston, ME 04240

RE: Lincoln Street Fire Station

Dear Mr. Greene:


The enclosed draft National Register nomination is being submitted for your Board's review and report in accordance with requirements of the Certified Local Government Program. The report should, at minimum, address these areas of concern:

1) Applicability of National Register criteria. 2) How the nomination of this property contributes to local preservation efforts; i.e., educational programs, planning, economic development, protection, etc. 3) A summary of public comment.

Your report must be prepared in keeping with the following stipulations:

When a relevant historic preservation discipline is not represented in the Commission membership, the Commission shall be required to seek expertise in this area when considering National Register nominations requiring the application of such expertise. Requisite expertise may be provided through consultation with the SHPO or with 36 CFR 61-qualified persons. For example, if the Commission must review the nomination of a prehistoric archaeological site, and no Commission member is a prehistoric archaeologist, the Commission is required to obtain the advice of a 36 CFR 61-qualified archaeologist for purposes of reviewing the nomination.

Please submit your report to me in advance of the January 22, 2021 quarterly meeting at which the Maine Historic Preservation Commission will consider the nomination.

En c. Cc. D. Hodgkins

PHONE: (207) 287-2132

Sincerely,

/:~; :~/l::~//~/;s~.t:/;1f~ ~ Michael Goebel-Bain, National Register Coordinator

FAX: (207) 287-2335

NPS Form 1 0-900

United States Department of the Interior National Park Service

OMB No. 1024-0018

National Register of Historic Places Registration Form This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in National Register Bulletin, How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions.

1. Name of Property Historic name: Lincoln Street Fire Station Other names/site number: __ _ Name of related multiple property listing: N/A

(Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing)

2. location Street & number: 188 Lincoln Street City or town: Lewiston State: Maine County: Androscoggin Not For Publication: N/A Vicinity: N/A

3. State/Federal Agency Certification

As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this nomination request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60.

In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register Criteria. 1 recommend that this property be considered significant at the following level(s) of significance:

national statewide x local --- ---Applicable National Register Criteria:

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Signature of certifying official/Title:

MAINE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government

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In my opinion, the property _ meets _ does not meet the National Register criteria.

Signature of commenting official: Date

Title State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government

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NPS Form 10-900

lincoln Street Fire Station Name of Property

4. National Park Service Certification

I hereby certify that this property is:

_ 5entered in the National Register

·t~vdet~rruiJ1ed eligible for the National Register

_ det~~j~~~rhgt.f;tligible for the National Register

remov~d?~frdrmtt~e National Register - +:.,,::.;~:;'

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Signature of the Keeper

5. Classification

Ownership of Property

(Check as many boxes as apply.)

Private

Public - Local

Public - State

Public- Federal

Category of Property

(Check only one box.)

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Androscoggin County, Maine County and State

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NPS Form 1 0-900 OMB No. 1024-0018

lincoln Street Fire Station Androscoggin County, Maine Name of Property County and State

Number of Resources within Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count)

Contributing Noncontributing

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structures

objects

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Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register -=-0 ___ _

6. Function or Use

Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions.)

GOVERNMENT/fire station

Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions.)

DOMESTIC/multiple dwelling COMMERCE/TRADE/business

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Lincoln Street Fire Station Name of Property

7. Description

Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions.)

MODERN MOVEMENT/International Style

Materials: (enter categories from instructions.)

OMB No. 1024-0018

Androscoggin County, Maine County and State

Principal exterior materials of the property: foundation: CONCRETE; walls: BRICK; roof: SYNTHETICS

Narrative Description

(Describe the historic and current physical appearance and condition of the property. Describe contributing and noncontributing resources if applicable. Begin with a summary paragraph that briefly describes the general characteristics of the property, such as its location, type, style, method of construction, setting, size, and significant features. Indicate whether the property has historic integrity.)

Summary Paragraph

[NOTE: The Lincoln Street Fire Station was recently renovated utilizing federal and state historic tax credits. This certified rehabilitation project was completed in October of 2020.]

The Lincoln Street Fire Station is a small two-story International Style building measuring 60' x 49'. This load-bearing masonry building with concrete slabs has a footprint consisting of an L-shaped main block with a one-story rectangular wing. Both sections of the building are enclosed by a flat roof. Resting on a low concrete foundation, the station has red brick walls with cast-concrete accents. Typical of the International Style, there is limited architectural ornamentation on the exterior. Visual interest is instead provided by large multi-pane windows and glazed garage doors. The interior is equally utilitarian, with exposed concrete block walls and concrete slab floors. The fire station is located in downtown Lewiston, Maine in the Little Canada area, a neighborhood largely developed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The fire station fronts on Lincoln Street and is the only structure on the lot, which has no formal landscaping.

Narrative Description

The city of Lewiston is located in southern Maine, approximately halfway between Augusta and Portland. This urban community of 36,000 residents was a thriving industrial center in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and its historic industrial character remains very much in evidence today. With an area of 35.54 square miles, the city's principal geographic feature is the Androscoggin River, which runs north/south and forms the western boundary of the city, separating Lewiston from its sister city Auburn. The river's Lewiston Falls (or Great Falls) historically facilitated industrial development in the area and continue to be used for hydroelectric

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National Park Service I National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5/31/2012)

Lincoln Street Fire Station Androscoggin, Maine Name of Property County and State

generation. Downtown Lewiston developed adjacent to the falls, with large brick mill buildings being constructed closest to the river. The principal commercial district emerged just east of the mills and residential neighborhoods were developed to the north, east, and south of the downtown business district. The Lincoln Street Fire Station is situated at the southern end of downtown Lewiston in a mixed-use area, on the fringes of a neighborhood known as Little Canada for the French-Canadian immigrants who settled there. The neighborhood was developed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as reflected in the surviving building stock, which is dominated by four-story wood tenement houses. On the northern edge of the neighborhood, where the Lincoln Street Station is located, the principal thoroughfares of Cedar and Lincoln Streets feature a wider variety of buildings with residential, commercial, and cultural uses, including the former St. Mary's Church (46 Cedar Street), the Dominican Block (143 Lincoln Street), and the Chareet & LaCasse Apartments (59 Cedar Street).

The Lincoln Street Fire Station sits on a small parcel of .21 acres and is set back from Lincoln Street roughly twenty feet. It is the only structure on the lot. There are vacant lots to the south and east of the fire station property. One of the many canals that provided waterpower to the city's historic mills is located along the north side of the fire station property. On the opposite side of the canal, fronting on Lincoln Street, is a recent parking garage. Across from the fire station on Lincoln Street are a half dozen free-standing buildings from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, primarily wood multi-story apartment houses with retail spaces at the first floor. The lot on which the fire station sits is a relatively flat parcel with a paved asphalt parking area between the building and Lincoln Street. There is no formal landscaping on the property. A narrow strip of grass separates the building from a large paved parking lot on the adjoining parcel to the south. A wood fenced enclosure was constructed at the east end of the south elevation as part of the 2020 certified rehabilitation project. The north and east elevations of the building border an unpaved gravel driveway that runs between the front paved area and the parking lot on the adjoining parcel.

Completed in 1964, the Lincoln Street Fire Station is a two-story brick building designed in the International Style (Photo 1 ). The building consists of an L-shaped main block with a one-story rectangular wing along its south side. Both sections of the building are constructed of red brick in a common bond with interspersed clinker bricks. Typical of the International Style, the exterior of the fire station is largely void of architectural ornamentation. Side elevations of the main block have shallow eaves defined by the exposed ends of the concrete joists {Photos 4 and 5). Roof edges are finished with metal flashing that was installed as part of the recent rehabilitation project. Both sections of the building are enclosed by flat roofs finished with recent rubber membranes. Original window openings have smooth cast concrete sills, while window openings that were created or modified as part of the 2020 rehabilitation project have brick sills (Photo 3). The existing aluminum windows were all installed in 2020 and have pane configurations consistent with the original windows.

The principal fac;:ade {west elevation)' measures fifty-seven feet across and is dominated by a wide central truck bay with an overhead garage door from the 2020 renovation (Photo 2). Although the original architectural drawings show this entrance holding a multi-pane glazed overhead door, later photos of the building confirm that the original door was fabricated with a top and bottom row of solid unglazed panels, as shown in Figure 11 { 1989 photo). The design of the existing replacement door is based on the one shown in the older photo. Flanking the truck bay are two pedestrian entrances, one to the stairwell in the northwest corner of the building and another to the south wing; the existing doors in these entries date to 2020 and are consistent with the appearance of the original glazed entry doors (Figure 1 ). The window assembly alongside of each of the pedestrian entries was reconstructed as part of the 2020 rehabilitation, matching the appearance of the originals. Original shallow sheet metal-clad canopies shelter the truck bay and pedestrian entry bays. The north canopy rests on a single brick cheek wall that aligns with the building's north elevation. Original corrugated cement spandrel panels are located above each of the canopies. The building's main staircase is lit by a large vertical window in the northernmost bay of the fac;:ade. The original wide cast concrete lintel (now painted) remains above the stair window. The only other fenestration at the upper level of the fac;:ade is a band of windows extending the width of the truck bay. The original continuous cast concrete lintel was removed from this window when the building was renovated in the 1980s; a particle board panel was installed in its place during the recent rehabilitation.

The south elevation is sixty feet wide and consists of a projecting first floor wing and the exposed second floor of the main block (Photo 3). The first floor retains the original arrangement of three window openings and an entrance with a paired window alongside the door {Figure 2). As was the case with most windows and entries across the building, these openings were modified as part of a major renovation in the 1980s and were restored to

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their original appearance in 2020. The original canopy remains over the entry bay. The second floor at this elevation originally had just one wide central window opening (see Figure 2), which was altered as part of the 1980s renovation and restored to its original appearance in 2020. A brick exterior chimney projects from the east end of the second floor.

The rear (east) elevation is forty-nine feet wide and arranged in a manner similar to the fagade. A wide central truck bay allowed vehicles to enter/exit the apparatus room from the rear of the building as well as the front (Photo 4). Lincoln Street Fire Station is the only one of the four historic fire stations in Lewiston with this feature. The truck bay at the rear currently holds a glazed storefront system from the 2020 rehabilitation; the infill matches the appearance of the original overhead garage door (Figure 3). As is the case at the fagade, two pedestrian entrances flank the truck bay at the rear. One entrance leads to a mechanical room in the south wing while the other provides access to the basement via a secondary stair; both entrances have glazed metal replacement doors from 2020. The original canopies over the first-floor openings remain in place, as do the original corrugated spandrel panels above the truck bay and south entry. The window alongside the south entry was reconstructed in 2020 to match the appearance of the original. The band of four windows extending along the top of the truck bay was also restored to its original appearance.

The north elevation is sixty feet wide and has a projecting two-story stair tower at the west end (Photo 5). This elevation originally featured a large window opening at the first floor and another of the same width but shorter height at the second floor (Figure 4). The window at the second floor was enlarged (sill lowered) in 2020. A doorway was inserted at the east end of the second floor to access a fire escape that was added in 2001; the fire escape was removed in 2020. The existing fully glazed door and guard railing date to the 2020 rehabilitation.

The interior of the building was originally designed with a large open apparatus room along the north side of the first floor and support spaces within the one-story south wing (a lounge, bathrooms, kitchen, and mechanical rooms - Figure 5). The main stair ran from the basement to the second floor within a concrete block enclosure in the northwest corner of the building. A secondary stair between the basement and first floor was located in the northeast corner. The second floor was dominated by a large dormitory space that extended the full depth of the building (Figure 6). A bathroom/locker room was centered on the south wall. The basement was reserved for emergency use as a fallout shelter, to accommodate the firefighters and the general public if necessary (Figure 7). Most of the basement was occupied by a large open space, with a smaller room in the northeast corner, two open areas (southwest and southeast corners), and bathrooms centered on the south wall. Original finishes were consistently utilitarian throughout the building (Figures 8 and 9) and included exposed painted concrete block walls, exposed steel columns and beams (basement), exposed reinforced tee planks at the ceilings (first and second floors), plaster ceilings (south wing), poured concrete slabs (exposed at the basement and apparatus room, covered by vinyl tile flooring in the south wing and at the second floor, and finished with ceramic tile in the bathrooms/locker room).

The basement and first floor are currently unused (a tenant has not yet been identified) and have changed little over time. The layout of the basement remains largely unchanged; a partition was constructed at the west end in 2020 to enclose a storage room. It was cleaned and repainted in 2020 {Photo 12). The apparatus room at the first floor remains a single open space with original finishes intact {Photo 6), with the exception of the three fire poles, which were removed from the building (likely in the 1990s when the second floor was converted to office use). Partitions within the south wing were removed as part of the 2020 rehabilitation in anticipation of a future tenant. The south wing is now a single open space with an exposed concrete slab and painted concrete block walls (Photo 7). In the 1990s the second floor was converted to office space, with added partitions, carpeting, and suspended panel ceilings. The second floor was converted to two apartment units in 2020, with all new partitions and finishes (Photos 9-11 ). The painted concrete block walls and exposed tee planks at the ceiling remain visible throughout the second floor. The two original staircases in the building remain intact (Photo 8).

The Lincoln Street Station is the largest of the four mid-twentieth century fire stations (all extant) constructed in Lewiston and the only one in the downtown area (Figure 10). Stylistically, the 1940 Sabattus Street Station is more consistent with designs of the 1920s and 1930s, with its stepped brick favade and symmetrical fenestration. The Lisbon Street Fire Station, Main Street Fire Station, and Lincoln Street Fire Station were all designed in the International Style, with the latter being the largest. The two smaller stations are single-story structures with less than 3,000 square feet of space, whereas the two-story Lincoln Street Station contains closer

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National Park Service I National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMS No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5/31/2012)


to 5,000 square feet. Although the outward appearance and floor plans differ, the Lisbon Street and Main Street stations both include the main apparatus room, three individual bedrooms, a kitchen, a bathroom, and lounge, all on one floor. The Lincoln Street station was constructed a decade later and is unique in several ways. The large apparatus room at the first floor was designed with vehicle entrances at both the front and back of the building so that vehicles could enter/exit in either direction. While this is not an uncommon detail for fire stations today, the Lincoln Street station is an early example and it is the only one of this type among Lewiston's historic stations. The Lincoln Street station was also constructed in such a way as to allow for large open spaces throughout. Rather than having separate bedrooms, the Lincoln Street station was designed with a large open dormitory on the second floor. All four of Lewiston's mid-twentieth century fire stations were altered to the same degree in 1988, namely windows and doors were replaced, including the garage doors (Figures 11 and 12).

8. Statement of Significance

Applicable National Register Criteria (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property for National Register listing.)

~ A Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history.

D B. Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past.

~ C. Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction.

D D. Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history.

Criteria Considerations (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.)

D A Owned by a religious institution or used for religious purposes

D B. Removed from its original location

D C. A birthplace or grave

D D. A cemetery

D E. A reconstructed building, object, or structure

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D F. A commemorative property

D G. Less than 50 years old or achieving significance within the past 50 years

Areas of Significance (Enter categories from instructions.)

POLITICS/GOVERNMENT ARCHITECTURE

Period of Significance 1963-1964

Significant Dates 1964

Significant Person (Complete only if Criterion B is marked above.)

Cultural Affiliation

Architect/Builder Head, George E. (1921-2002)

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Statement of Significance Summary Paragraph

(Provide a summary paragraph that includes level of significance, applicable criteria, justification for the period of significance, and any applicable criteria considerations.) (Refer to photographs)

The Lincoln Street Fire Station possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association. Completed in 1964, the fire station is significant on the local level and meets Criterion A for listing in the National Register in the area of Politics/Government for its association with the federal Public Works Acceleration Act (PWAA} of 1962. The Lincoln Street Fire Station is one of only two fire stations built in Maine under the PWAA. It was also the largest of four stations built by the city in the mid-twentieth century (between 1940 and 1965} and is the only remaining historic fire station in the downtown area. The station also meets Criterion C for listing in the National Register in the area of Architecture. Designed by local architect George E. Head, the station is a fine example of an International Style municipal building from the mid-twentieth century and embodies distinctive characteristics of the style in its form, proportions, detailing, and materials. It is also an early example of a fire station with vehicular entrances at both the front and rear of the station -the only historic fire station of this type in Lewiston. The period of significance for the listing is 1963-1964. Construction of the building largely took place in 1963 and was completed and ready for occupancy in 1964. According to the Lewiston annual reports, the federal funding through the PWAA was received in 1963.

Narrative Statement of Significance (Provide at least one paragraph for each area of significance.)

Criterion A - Politics/Government

The Lincoln Street Fire Station is significant as a good example of the few municipal buildings constructed in Maine under the federal Public Works Acceleration Act, which was approved by Congress in 1962 and administered through the Accelerated Public Works Program. The Public Works Acceleration Act (PWAA) was the first emergency employment program implemented under President John F. Kennedy and the first program of its kind since the New Deal had been launched three decades earlier. The PWAA was considered watershed legislation for the Kennedy administration, which aimed to recommit the United States to progressive politics using the "latest economic theories, an empowered presidency, and a strong central state to enhance liberty by securing the promise of economic security."1 Impetus for the legislation grew out of the nationwide recession from April 1960 through February of 1961, during which unemployment rose to 7.1 %. Enacted September 14, 1962, the PWAA earmarked communities with long-term high unemployment and was intended to ease unemployment through funding of public works projects in those communities. The objectives of the bill were twofold -first, to stimulate economic growth by boosting employment through accelerated construction of public works projects and, secondly, to promote economic development and industrial expansion in earmarked communities by funding public works projects and facilities improvements. Communities targeted by the PWAA were those identified by the Department of Labor as having experienced significant unemployment for nine of the previous twelve months and those classified by the earlier Area Redevelopment Act of 1961 as long-term economically depressed areas, known as "redevelopment areas." By 1950 Lewiston's booming industrial economy of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was on the decline. Technological advances, high transportation costs, and cheaper labor forced New England manufacturers to relocate to the South. Mills in Lewiston began closing in the mid-twentieth century and were quickly followed by local businesses. This left a population of roughly 40,000 with few opportunities for employment. According to the 1960 federal census, the unemployment rate in Lewiston had reached 6.5%.

1 Nicholas F. Jacobs and James D. Savage, "Kennedy's Keynesian Budgetary Politics and the 1962 Public Works Acceleration Act," Journal of Policy History, Vol. 30, Issue 3 (2018): 522.

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Of the $900 million appropriated through the PWAA, at least $300 million was to be allocated to the redevelopment areas. The intention was that PWAA funds would accelerate previously authorized federal, state, and local government public works projects. Funding to each state was limited to 10% of the total amount appropriated. Funding was restricted to projects that "could be initiated immediately, could be substantially completed within 12 months after initiation, would contribute to lowering the unemployment rates, and would address an essential public need."2 In addition, federal funds could only be used to cover 50% of the total project cost. Nearly half of the PWAA projects were water and sewer facilities, with additional funding going toward hospitals and other health facilities, public buildings, road improvement, recreational facilities, and conservation measures.

The Lewiston annual report from 1963 notes that the Lincoln Street Fire Station was constructed under the Accelerated Public Works Program at a cost of $99,000, of which only $49,500 was paid by the city. The building was largely constructed during the year 1963 and was completed and put into service in 1964. In addition to housing the fire department, the building included a fallout shelter, a practice promoted by the Kennedy administration. The shelter is yet another way the building reflects the government commitment to providing for citizen's needs.

At the peak of the Accelerated Public Works Program in June of 1964, a total of 7, 769 projects had been approved nationwide, including fifty-five projects in Maine. The bulk of the projects in Maine were fish and wildlife facilities, sewage treatment plants, and water and sewer projects. Additional projects in Maine included road improvements, four hospitals, recreational facilities, forest preservation, three municipal buildings, three garages, and a library. Only two fire station projects have been identified in Maine, the Lincoln Street station and another in Madawaska.

Criterion C - Architecture

The Lincoln Street Fire Station is significant as a good example of an International Style municipal building from the mid-twentieth century. The International Style has its roots in the 1930s when it emerged as the result of four principal factors:

"(1) Increasing dissatisfaction with building designs that incorporated a mixture of decorative features from different architectural periods, especially where the resulting design bore little or no relation to the function of the building; (2) The need to build large numbers of commercial and civic buildings that served a rapidly industrializing society; (3) The successful development of new construction techniques involving the use of steel, reinforced concrete, and glass; and (4) A strong desire to create a "modern" style of architecture for "modern man."3

Thus was born a functional, utilitarian, and economical architectural style that expressed an honesty not previously achieved in traditional architecture. Technology had a profound influence on the form this new style would take. Traditional brick and stone building techniques had been rendered obsolete with the emerging availability of affordable iron and steel and the development of steel skeleton structure in the late nineteenth century. The use of plastics, aluminum and concrete had become more prevalent as the result of early twentieth-century wartime shortages of more traditional building materials such as wood, rubber, steel and iron. Steel-reinforced concrete floors and secondary structural elements were being used more commonly in the second quarter of the twentieth century, as were large expanses of exterior glazing. The resulting architectural form was one of rectilinear forms, planar surfaces lacking applied ornamentation, and open interior spaces. While facades were balanced, strict symmetry was avoided. An overall horizontality in design was emphasized by bands of windows, flat roofs, and cantilevered elements that gave the sense of floors being stacked one upon the other like blocks. Utilitarian building components, such as stair towers and elevator shafts, were often highly visible and incorporated as design elements. The International Style was well suited to institutional and municipal buildings, making them cost-effective and easily enlarged. It is no surprise that the city of Lewiston settled on the

2 Eugene Boyd, "Economic Development Administration: A Review of Elements of Its Statutory History," (Congressional Research Service, 2011), 3. 3 American Architecture Series, "International Style of Modern Architecture"

http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/architecture/international-style.htm

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International Style when constructing three new fire stations in the mid-twentieth century- the Lisbon Street Station (1950), Main Street Station (1953), and Lincoln Street Station (1964). The style was particularly advantageous after World War II, when there occurred a surge in growth and development in cities throughout the United States and large-scale urban development projects were undertaken.

The Lincoln Street Fire Station embodies the distinctive characteristics of the International Style, as expressed in its massing, construction method, materials, and restrained detailing. Constructed with reinforced concrete decking and masonry bearing walls, the station has an irregular footprint created by the assemblage of three rectilinear blocks of varying sizes and heights -the main block, an enclosed stair tower, and a kitchen/dining wing. The banded windows with continuous sills, flat roofs, and slender canopies (at fa<;ade and rear) emphasize the horizontality of the building. The exposed ends of the concrete joists visible beneath the overhanging eaves at the two side elevations further serve to accentuate the horizontal design. Instead of heavy applied ornament on the exterior walls, elevations are enlivened by the use of materials in contrasting textures and colors. The corrugated spandrel panels found on the fa<;ade and rear elevation were part of the original design, as seen in Figures 1 and 3. Buff-colored precast concrete (now painted) was used for window sills and to frame the large vehicular entrances, located at both the front and rear elevations. Large multi-pane windows contrast the expanses of unadorned brick walls.

The functional quality of the International Style is carried over to the interior treatments as well. Rather than employing applied ornamentation, the architect designed clean utilitarian spaces with painted concrete block partitions, the exposed concrete decking system and floors of painted concrete, vinyl tiles, and ceramic tiles.

Developmental history/additional historic context information (If appropriate.)

Lewiston developed from a small farming community in the early 1800s into a major New England industrial city by the end of the century. This industrial city developed in support of the manufacturing companies, resulting in a downtown that developed in the nineteenth century around large mill lots along the Androscoggin River and an adjacent canal system. Streets were laid out in a grid, with Lisbon Street as the principal commercial and retail axis. The industrial urban character of the downtown was distinctly different from the rest of Lewiston, which retained a more rural feel through the nineteenth century. Residents from the surrounding countryside moved to Lewiston to work in the mills, causing the city's population to quadruple in size between 1840 and 1860 to 7,424 residents. The growth in population resulted in expanded municipal services, including the local fire department, which was crucial to protecting not only the citizens of Lewiston, but the valuable mill properties that supported the local economy.

Prior to 1849 firefighting efforts in Lewiston relied on volunteers forming bucket brigades but this proved unreliable and inefficient for the rapidly expanding community. In 1849 the Lewiston Falls Village Corporation established the community's first firehouse, located at the intersection of Main and Chapel Streets in the heart of the downtown industrial district. Three additional firehouses were constructed in the downtown area in the 1850s and 1860s. These early stations (no longer extant) remained in use until 1873 when a larger central fire station was erected at the intersection of Ash and Bates Streets, at the northern edge of the downtown area in close proximity to the industrial district as well as the downtown commercial and residential areas. Despite the relatively short distance between the Central Fire Station and the mills along the river, access between the two was hampered by an active railroad line that ran alongside Mill Street, isolating those mills and residences west of the railroad tracks, along Oxford and Lincoln Streets. By the late nineteenth century two of the city's largest cotton cloth manufacturers, the Continental Cotton Mill and Lewiston Cotton Mill, were located on the western side of the rail tracks ahd were at great risk if fire were to break out at the mill complexes. In order to adequately protect the businesses and nearby residences from fire, the city established a second firehouse for the downtown in 1908, this one to be located west of the rail tracks on Lincoln Street. This original Lincoln Street station was located on the block between Chestnut and Cedar Streets in a renovated schoolhouse. The building was well situated to

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allow firefighters quick access to the westernmost mill properties and the housing in Little Canada, a densely developed residential neighborhood at the south end of the downtown named for the French-Canadian immigrants who came to Lewiston to work at the mills in the years following the Civil War. This residential neighborhood, roughly the area from Lincoln Street westward to the river between Cedar and Locust Streets, was developed in the second half of the nineteenth century with numerous wood-frame houses and tenement buildings. Establishment of the fire station attests to the importance of the mill facilities and the workers housing to the city's economy and the livelihood of its residents.

The first Lincoln Street fire station continuously presented maintenance issues for the city, with regular repairs needed to keep the building in good working order. Lewiston annual reports from 1908 through 1915 reference the need for roof repairs, new hardwood floor for the apparatus room, new walls and ceilings of steel or sheathing, and new paint for the interior and exterior. In 1962 the city finally decided to erect a new station, citing the need for a new facility after using the retrofitted schoolhouse for fifty-four years. The former schoolhouse remained in use as a firehouse until the existing station was constructed to replace it in 1964.

The old station remained in place and was re-purposed to serve as a youth center. An above-ground pool was built between the old and new stations. The new station was an active part of the community, especially during the period when the youth center and pool were located next door. Firefighters assisted with the management and maintenance of the pool and some recall hosing down neighborhood kids during hot summer days. The old station and the pool were removed at some point between 2001 and 2007.

In addition to the two active fire stations in the downtown area, the city established three substations (all extant) in the more remote neighborhoods in the mid-twentieth century. In 1940 the Sabattus Street Fire Station (976 Sabattus Street) opened in the far eastern section of town. The Lisbon Street Fire Station (1 046 Lisbon Street) was erected at the south end of Lewiston in 1950. The Main Street Fire Station (834 Main Street) was constructed in 1953 to serve Barkerville in the northern part of the city. The 1873 Central Fire Station on Ash Street (no longer extant) was enlarged in 1921 and continued in use until1973 when a large modern facility was erected nearby at the corner of Bates and College Streets to more efficiently serve the downtown area. The Lincoln Street fire station remained in use until 1996 when the engine company was decommissioned after nearly ninety years of service; thirty-two of those years in the existing building. A number of factors led to the diminished role and eventual closure of the Lincoln Street Station in 1996. With closing of mills and the decline of freight rail service, the tracks were removed, making it much easier for fire trucks from the Central Station to reach the westernmost mills and Little Canada. Following on the heels of the mill closures and the suburban migration that occurred in the second half of the twentieth century, the Little Canada neighborhood began to experience a decline in population. This outmigration led to associated building neglect and a period of city-led demolitions through the early 2000s, further minimizing the need for a local fire station.

In the last three decades of the twentieth century, the city of Lewiston began to tighten up municipal budgets in earnest. Budget constraints and ongoing labor negotiations led to department cuts. While there were over one hundred firefighters in 1970, by 2004 the number had shrunk to just over sixty. Two trucks operated out of the Lincoln Street station until1992, when "Snorkel1" was eliminated, along with its three assigned personnel. Then, in 1996, with the elimination of Engine 2 and another three firefighters, the station was closed.

Following its closure, Lincoln Street station was used for the Police Department's Computer Crimes Task Force and later as cold storage for the Public Works Department. The building was slated for demolition in June 2017. An appeal to the Lewiston City Council for the building by the current owner led to termination of the demolition contract and, ultimately, the 2020 restoration of the building.

The Lincoln Street Fire Station was designed by Lewiston architect George Edwin Head (1921-2002). A native of Gloucester, Massachusetts, George Head studied architecture at McGill University, graduating in 1951. He was employed by the Massachusetts Department of Public Works followed by the Stoughton, Massachusetts engineering firm of Stone & Webster. Head then spent three years working in Auburn, Maine, first in the office of well-known engineer/architect Alonzo J. Harriman and then with architect Stanley S. Merrill. In 1959 George Head opened his own architectural office at 1115 Lisbon Street in Lewiston. Among Head's commissions in Maine were the State Police Headquarters (Augusta- 1965), Hillcrest Manor Nursing Home (Sanford -1966), Dixfield High

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School (Dixfield- 1967), John Hancock Office Building (Augusta -1968), and the North Temple Elementary School (lewiston- 1969).4

9. Major Bibliographical References

Bibliography (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form.)

Boyd, Eugene. "Economic Development Administration: A Review of Elements of Its Statutory History," Congressional Research Service, 2011. https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41241.pdf

City of Lewiston. Annual Report. 1963.

Jacobs, Nicholas F. and Savage, James D. "Kennedy's Keynesian Budgetary Politics and the 1962 Public Works Acceleration Act," Journal of Policy History, Vol. 30, Issue 3 (2018): 522-551.

Leamon, James S. Historic Lewiston, A Textile City in Transition. Auburn, Maine: Central Maine Vocational Technical Institute, 1976).

Michaud, Charlotte. Lewiston's Franco-Americans, Their Origins and Early History. Lewiston, Maine: Lewiston Historical Society, 197 4.

Penley, Clarence, Kirk Geneva, and Gridley Barrows. Historic Lewiston, Its Fire Department. Auburn, Maine: Central Maine Vocational Technical Institute, 1989).

United States Department of Commerce, Area Redevelopment Administration. Accelerated Public Works Program Directory of Approved Projects. February 1963 through July 1964.

Previous documentation on file (NPS):

rg[ preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) has been requested 0 previously listed in the National Register 0 previously determined eligible by the National Register 0 designated a National Historic Landmark 0 recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey # 0 recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # D_recorded by Historic American Landscape Survey #

Primary location of additional data: 0 State Historic Preservation Office 0 Other State agency 0 Federal agency 0 Local government

4 John F. Gane. American Architects Directory, 3rd Edition, 1970 (New York: R.R. Bowker Company, 1970) 390.

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0 University 0 Other

Name of repository: __

Historic Resources Survey Number (if assigned): __

10. Geographical Data

Acreage of Property less than one acre

Use either the UTM system or latitude/longitude coordinates

latitude/longitude Coordinates Datum if other than WGS84: (enter coordinates to 6 decimal places)

1. Latitude:

2. Latitude:

3. Latitude:

4. Latitude:

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UTM References Datum (indicated on USGS map):

D NAD 1927 or

Longitude:

Longitude:

Longitude:

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Androscoggin, Maine County and State

1. Zone: 19 Easting: 402468.13 Northing: 4882837.99

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Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property.)

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The National Register boundary includes the city lot identified by the City of Lewiston assessor's department as lot number 208/000/073.

Boundary Justification (Explain why the boundaries were selected.)

The National Register boundaries include all land historically associated with the Lincoln Street Fire Station. Prior to construction of the fire station in 1964, the lot on which the building stands was a vacant parcel owned by "The Inhabitants of School District Number Two," who also owned the adjacent lot to the south. A school was constructed on the southern lot but the lot on which the fire station now stands was never developed. The lot was transferred to the City of Lewiston in the 1960s when the fire station was built.

11. Form Prepared By

name/title: Christine Beard/Preservation Consultant with Kara Wilbur/Property Owner organization: Essex Preservation Consulting street & number: 6 Chestnut Street city or town: Amesbury state: MA zip code: 01913 e-mail: [email protected]

telephone: 978-356-0322 date: October 2020

Additional Documentation

Submit the following items with the completed form:

e Maps: A USGS map or equivalent (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location.

o Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. Key all photographs to this map.

Ell Additional items: (Check with the SHPO, TPO, or FPO for any additional items.)

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Submit clear and descriptive photographs. The size of each image must be 1600x1200 pixels (minimum), 3000x2000 preferred, at 300 ppi (pixels per inch) or larger. Key all photographs to the sketch map. Each photograph must be numbered and that number must correspond to the photograph number on the photo log. For simplicity, the name of the photographer, photo date, etc. may be listed once on the photograph log and doesn't need to be labeled on every photograph.

Photo log

Name of Property: Lincoln Street Fire Station

City or Vicinity: Lewiston

County: Androscoggin State: Maine

Photographer: Kara Wilbur

Date Photographed: Photos 1, 2, 4-6 Photo 3

7/31/20 7/13/20 4/26/20 4/8/20 7/18/20

Photos 9 and 1 0 Photo 11 Photo 7, 8, and 12

Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of camera:

1 of 12

2 of 12

3 of 12

4 of 12

5 of 12

6 of 12

7 of 12

View southeast showing site and fa9ade (west elevation - right) and north elevation (left}

View east showing fa9ade (west elevation)

View north showing south elevation

View northwest showing rear (east) elevation

View southwest showing north elevation

View west along north side of first floor showing apparatus room

View east along south wall of south wing showing former support spaces

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9 of 12

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County and State

View northwest at second floor of main stairwell showing original stair and finishes

View north along west wall at second floor showing original ceiling and exterior wall treatments

View southeast toward south wall at second floor showing original ceiling and exterior wall treatments

View west along north wall at second floor showing original ceiling and exterior wall treatments

View southeast in basement showing original exposed steel beams and columns

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate properties for listing or determine eligibility for listing, to list properties, and to amend existing listings. Response to this request is required to obtain a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C.460 et seq.). Estimated Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 100 hours per response including time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect of this form to the Office of Planning and Performance Management. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 1849 C. Street, NW, Washington, DC.

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HISTORIC PRESERVATION REQUEST

TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH ADDITION

TO SUPPORT

TRINITY JUBILEE CENTER

• History Trinity Jubilee Center

• Reason for the Addition

• Why now

• TimelineOutline

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HISTORY

• Trinity Episcopal Church -A

doorway to compassion and

courage. Empowering members and

serving neighbors in Lewiston,

Maine. (trinitylewiston.org}

HISTORY JUBILEE CENTER

• The Trinity Jubilee Center, now a secular non-profit, was originally a project of the Trinity Episcopal Church.

Trinity Church had opened at the current location in 1882. A century later, in the 1980s, the Church changed

the focus of its ministry and opened the doors even wider. The Urban Ministry Training Center (UMTC) began

to take shape in the early 1990's in the hall beneath the church. Three meals a week were cooked by staff,

volunteers, and nuns; emergency food filled the pantry. By the late 1990s the Church was bursting at the

seams with not only the UMTC but also Faithworks (later called Outsourceworks) , a welfare-to-work program.

The Bishop's Task Force on Trinity recommended that the UMTC and Faithworks become independent non

profit organizations. In 2001 the center was recognized as a Jubilee Center of the Episcopal Church, the first

in Maine, and was renamed the Trinity Jubilee Center. Also in 2001 , the Trinity Jubilee Center (T JC) was

officially incorporated as a 501 (c)3 non-profit. The Center was now a separate, non-religious organization,

although the Trinity Church continued to allow the Center to use the first floor of the building .

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• The Trinity Jubilee Center, now a secular non-profit, was originally a project of the Trinity Episcopal Church .





seams with not only the UMTC but also Faithworks (later called Outsourceworks), a welfare-to-work program.





although the Trinity Church continued to allow the Center to use the first floor of the building.

REASON FOR THE ADDITION

• Due to the increase in number of

individuals we are helping it has

become extremely difficult to be

able to support all that we due

because of our limited space.

• Our Entryway on food distribution

day.

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Supplies received weekly

REASON FOR THE ADDITION Same room transformed when we have deliveries.

This space is unusable for those we help until we find room for the items received

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As you could see from the pictures, we need space. Ideally the space would be divided into two spaces. Front being a delivery area for food and supplies and the back used for additional storage dry goods, our clothing supplies, as well as donation that need to be gone through, and area for filing cabinets. The building would be heated and have electricity with no water requirements.

Clothing Storage

WHATTHEAREA LOOKS LIKE NOW

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WHATWEARE PROPOSING We would like to construct an addition to the existing building that would be used for deliveries and storage. We would like to test the waters on your thoughts. Today before moving forward. With a favorable decision on this project from this board would allow us to move forward and locate an architect (hopefully one willing to do some in-kind work) and come back for your meeting in January 2021 with a plan for approval.

This is an idea time for this project for Trinity Jubilee Center. We will bring this to our board and get their feedback as well a finial approval on launching a construction project. 2021 will be the 30th anniversary for us and what better way to celebrate what we've done so far with an expansion of ou r program and help us be ready for the next 30 years!

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HISTORIC PRESERVATION REQUEST

TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH ADDITION

TO SUPPORT

TRINITY JUBILEE CENTER

• HistoryTrinity Jubilee Center

• Reason for the Addition

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HISTORY

• Trinity Episcopal Church -A

doorway to compassion and

courage. Empowering members and

serving neighbors in Lewiston.

Maine. {trinitylewiston.org)

HISTORY JUBILEE CENTER






seams with not only the UMTC but also Faithworks (later called Outsourceworks) , a welfare-to-work program.



in Maine, and was renamed the Trinity Jubilee Center. Also in 2001, the Trinity Jubilee Center (T JC) was



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TRINITY JUBILEE CHURCH ADDITION






seams with not only the UMTC but also Faithworks (later called Outsourceworks), a welfare-to-work program.


profit organizations. In 2001 the center was recognized as a Jubilee Center of the Episcopal Church , the first




REASON FOR THE ADDIT ION

• Due to the increase in number of

individuals we are helping it has

become extremely difficult to be

able to support all that we due

because of our limited space.

• Our Entryway on food distribution

day.

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Supplies received weekly

REASON FOR THE ADDITION Same room transformed when we have deliveries.

This space is unusable for those we help until we find room for the items received

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As you could see from the pictures, we need space. Ideally the space would be divided into two spaces. Front being a delivery area for food and supplies and the back used for additional storage dry goods, our clothing supplies, as well as donation that need to be gone through, and area for filing cabinets. The building would be heated and have electricity with no water requirements.

Clothing Storage


Sidewalk View

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Side Yard View


Back corner view looking toward street View

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WHATWEARE PROPOSING We wou ld like to construct an addition to the existing building t hat wo uld be used for deliveries and storage. We would like to test the waters on your thoughts. Today before moving forward. With a favorable decision on this project from this board would allow us to move fo rward and locate an architect (hopefully one willing to do some in-kind work) and come back for your meeting in January 202 1 with a plan for approval.

This is an idea time for this project for Trinity Jubilee Center. We will bring this to ou r board and get their feedback as well a fin ial approval on launching a construction project. 2021 will be the 30th anniversary for us and what better way to celebrate what we've done so far with an expansion of our program and help us be ready for the next 30 years!

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CITY OF LEWISTON HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEW BOARD

Thursday, May 7, 2020,@ 3:00PM ZOOM Meeting

DRAfT MINUTES

I. Roll Call: This meeting was called to order at 3 :04 p.m. and David Chittim chaired the meeting.

Members Present: Douglas Hodgkin, Mark Lee, Gerard Raymond, Michael Brochu. David Chittim and Paul Robinson

Associate Members Present: Margaret Craven and Sandra Marquis

Staff Present: Douglas Greene, Deputy Director of Planning & Code Enforcement

H. New Business

A Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) application for signage at 103 Lincoln Street The applicant Kathy Label, applied for a Certificate of Appropriateness to place signage at 103 Lincoln Street (Grand Trunk Railroad Station), a National Registry structure. After some discussion about materials. the following motion was made:

MOTION: by Margaret Cravens to grant a Certificate of Appropriateness for signage at The Grand Trunk Station located at 103 Lincoln Street. Second by Gerard Raymond

VOTED: 7-0 (Passed)

HI. Old Business

Discussion regarding the 2020 May Annual Award Ceremony

IV. Minutes: Adoption of the March 5, 2020 draft Historic Preservation Review Board minutes.

The following motion was made: MOTION: by Margaret Craven to accept the March 5, 2020 minutes as presented.

Second by Paul Robinson VOTED: 6-0 (Passed) (Sandy Marquis abstained).

V. Adjournment: MOTION: by Margaret Craven to adjourn the meeting at 3:45p.m. Second by

Michael Brochu. VOTED: 7-0 (Passed)

H.P.R.B. MEETING Minutes for May 7, 2020 Page 2 of2

The next regularly scheduled meeting is for Thursday, June 4, 2020, at 3:00p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Doug Greene, City Planner and Deputy Director Planning & Code Department

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