Announcing Grand Opening of Centennial Senior
Center
Concord, NH - February 27, 2004 – Warrenstreet Architects is pleased to announce
the grand opening of the Centennial Senior Center, a 26,000 square foot facility
devoted to Capital Area Seniors aged 50 and older.
Warrenstreet
Architects was chosen by the director Lorraine Carter more than four years ago
for planning, building design, landscape architecture and interior design
services. The new facility was funded from an endowment left when the Centennial
Home for the Aged established in the 1850s for widows of civil war soldiers,
closed in 1999. The outgoing board of directors thought it appropriate to use
the remaining endowment for the sole purpose of building a new state-of-the-art
senior center, memorializing the Centennial’s Homes legacy as a gift to the
Concord Community.
Located behind the airport at 37 Regional Drive, the facility has the feel of a
country lodge. At the heart of the center is the congregate dining room, a heavy
timber two story space with a large fieldstone fireplace. The dining room can
serve lunch to more than 150 people and is open to the public. The first floor
houses a gift shop, kitchen, exercise room, locker rooms, and a handicapped
accessible pool that was designed for rehabilitation and therapy programs that
will be run in conjunction with Concord Hospital. These spaces will also support
the YMCA active older adult program which has relocated to the Center.
The second floor has administrative offices for both the Centennial Center and
the Concord area Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP). There is also an arts
and crafts room, computer laboratory, and classroom space.
The overall design and functionality of the facility is intended to develop and
support the mission of the Senior Center, which takes its inspiration from the
founders of the Centennial Home for the Aged. Their mission was "Care for those
who age so that their lives may be rich, and may enrich the community with their
insights and vitality." In that regard the facility will become a clearinghouse
for aged related services, special events, and activities for Capital Area
Seniors.
Hutter Construction Corporation of New Ipswich, NH was the general contractor
for the project.
Warrenstreet Architects, a WBE company, provides architectural, landscape
architectural, land planning, and Interior Design services to both public and
private sector clients throughout New England. More information about the
company can be found at
www.warrenstreetarchitects.com
Warrenstreet Architects, Inc.
27 Warren Street Concord, NH 03301
T 603.225.0640 - F 603.225.0621
Warrenstreet
Architects was chosen by the director Lorraine Carter more than four years ago
for planning, building design, landscape architecture and interior design
services. The new facility was funded from an endowment left when the Centennial
Home for the Aged established in the 1850s for widows of civil war soldiers,
closed in 1999. The outgoing board of directors thought it appropriate to use
the remaining endowment for the sole purpose of building a new state-of-the-art
senior center, memorializing the Centennial’s Homes legacy as a gift to the
Concord Community.
