706.548.8211 • Athens, GA
AMT
  • Home
  • Company
    • About Us
    • Our Principals
    • Testimonials
  • Services
    • Architectural
    • Engineering
    • Landscape Architecture
    • Consulting
  • Portfolio
  • News
  • Contact

Classic Center Firehall into the Athens Convention and Visitor’s Bureau

The original firehall was saved by local citizen input when the Classic Center Theatre and Convention Center project was born in the late 1990s. The renovated firehall was a crown jewel that acted as a connector from the theatre to the ballroom/exhibition hall. However, the space was underutilized and often served as a storage room for chairs and tables. The Classic Center administration collaborated and decided to convert the wide open and beautifully renovated room into the offices for the Athens Convention and Visitor’s Bureau.

Paul Cramer, the Executive Director prevailed upon local architect, David Matheny, AIA at Armentrout Matheny Thurmond, P.C. to offer solutions for adding several offices and a large conference room to this area without totally destroying the magnificence of the space. A unique installation of conventional sheetrock walls combined with glass dividers to preserve the view of the beautiful pressed tin-coffered ceiling worked around the prized fire pole. We celebrate the imagination used to repurpose this space and making it practical, but protecting the history of its original use as a firehall. This space also serves as a gallery and a museum of the history of the firehall.

Client:
Paul Cramer, Classic Center
Date:
2016
Location:
Athens, GA
Category:
Commercial / Historical / Offices / Recreation/Sports Facilities
Share on:
Facebook Twitter Google Plus
Classic Center Firehall into the Athens Convention and Visitor’s Bureau
Classic Center Firehall into the Athens Convention and Visitor’s Bureau
Classic Center Firehall into the Athens Convention and Visitor’s Bureau
Back to All Projects
Artcore FTP ACCESS

Address & Phone Number

Oakbrook Corporate Campus
330 Research Drive
Suite A-240
Athens, GA 30605

Phone: 706.548.8211

    

You may also look for this:

  • Awards

Recent Posts

  • Hiring Summer Civil Engineering Intern (Fall and Spring at a later date)
  • AMT Awarded the Design of the Food Bank of NE Georgia Expansion
  • Hiring Interior/Architectural Designer
  • Hiring Civil Engineer
  • Hiring Interior/Architectural Design Intern
©Copyright 2016 Armentrout • Matheny • Thurmond. All Rights Reserved.
  • Home
  • Company
    • About Us
    • Our Principals
    • Testimonials
  • Services
    • Architectural
    • Engineering
    • Landscape Architecture
    • Consulting
  • Portfolio
  • News
  • Contact