Chardon Heritage

After listening to the feedback from the community, the Heritage Committee agreed to adopt a more traditional "timber frame" look.  Hank Penttila, from Penttila Architects, met with a couple timber framers, including Scott Carlson from Geauga County.  His new design incorporated the thoughts of the timber framers, adding more elaborate framing elements and vertical wood siding.  The new design will highlight elements that are very common in Geauga County barns, sugar houses, and century homes.

The design of the new building's windows have been modified. Instead of large glass windows that would enable people to look out onto the square, several double hung windows will be used.  Inside visitors will still be able to easily view the park, but the exterior look will be more traditional.  A large glass wall will be placed between the meeting room and an adjacent sugarhouse room equipped with an evaporator used to make maple syrup.  The two types of windows will allow people outside the building to view sugar-making being done inside the structure.

The floor plan remained unchanged, other than enlarging the restrooms and reducing the lobby size to accomplish that.  The restrooms needed to be enlarged to meet building codes.