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| Project: | Rehabilitation of Historic General Store |
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| Status: | Complete |
| Start of services date: | Fall 2002 |
| Construction completed: | Summer 2006 |
| Construction value: | $1,800,000 |
Eagles Mere Historic Village
P.O. Box 362
Eagles Mere, PA 17731
A collection of storefronts in an old general store dated in the mid to late 1800's (1870-1890) has been expanded to include more retail space for this small summer resort town in central Sullivan County, in northeastern Pennsylvania.
Eagles Mere occupies a pristine lakeside setting in the northern Allegheny Mountains. Historically the town has been a summer resort community and many of the private cottages still remain. The architectural unity of these structures lends much of the charm to the built environment of the Borough.
The project involved the purchase, renovation and expansion of two major parcels and associated outbuildings in the Borough of Eagles Mere, for the purpose of creating a sustainable downtown center for retail, art galleries, and community use facilities. These structures, the former 1867 "General Store" and the 1880 "Sweet" shop restaurant and associated outbuildings, form the core of the historic downtown business District. It will also provide for expansion of the available retail space with the creation of appropriately sized sales venues, as well as providing a permanent home for the Borough museum with exhibits illustrating the communities past and present as well as its lost architectural heritage.
The renovation of the "General Store" is almost complete and the entire town has rallied around the renovation - forming the Historic Eagles Mere Village Inc - in an effort to continue with plans to renovate other buildings in the community.
McKissick Associates worked to create a building in harmony with the architectural heritage of this lakeside resort and yet improve the building by implementing sustainable "Green" design and addressing those aspects of the building required to correct building code deficiencies. We look forward to the opening of the Shops located in the building and await the grand opening of the Museum, currently still preparing their displays and memorabilia, the following year.
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