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Crews worked to incorporate a historic campus landmark into a new state of the art center for alumni relations.

Keene State’s new Alumni Center on Main Street bridges downtown and campus.  An existing 2200-square foot woodframe house was completely gutted and renovated, and connected to the new brick-facade building. Decorative and historic features of the house, including porch columns and carved pediments, were saved and restored.   A unique bay window with curved panes of glass was restored.

The center contains a spectacular granite-floored reception lobby, as well as a function hall, a library, offices, and a call center. The granite used has flecks of red ruby- recalling KSC’s school color. Spaces are dedicated to Online Communications, Alumni and Parent Relations, and Media Relations.  Eckman also constructed a parking area utilizing porous pavement to minimize site runoff.

Work on the constrained downtown site, and construction access to it, was carefully scheduled and coordinated with the College and the City.