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Construction Design & Engineering
Posted: July 19, 2019
Colantonio Inc. receives three historical preservation awards
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Holliston, MA Colantonio Inc. was recognized with several historical preservation awards for its renovations of the Massachusetts State House Senate Chamber, Fitchburg Yarn Works and Eliot Innovation School.
The rehabilitation & restoration of the State House Senate Chamber was honored by the Massachusetts Historical Commission with a 2019 Preservation Award at its annual ceremony. The project also received a Boston Preservation Alliance Achievement Award.
The Fitchburg Yarn Works, a gut renovation of the former Nockege River Mill building near downtown Fitchburg, received a mayor Thomas Menino Legacy Award from Preservation Massachusetts. The building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, now provides 96 units of mixed-income housing.
The Eliot Innovation School was a complete rehab of the former North Bennet Street School for the City of Boston. The project received a received a mayor Thomas Menino Legacy Award from Preservation Massachusetts.
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