Dupont Circle Church/Residential Project Gets Design Approval

• March 27, 2015
• 3 Comments

by Lark Turner

The latest rendering of the development.

The controversial St. Thomas’ Parish Church redevelopment at 1772 Church Street NW (map) took a step forward on Thursday when the design concept received approval from the Historic Preservation Review Board.

The design for the church and residences, which will be built over the ruins of the former church destroyed by arson in the 1970s, has been through several iterations since it was first revealed to the public. Developer CAS Riegler said Thursday it had been in more than 100 community-related meetings regarding the project.

A rendering of the redesigned church.

Drawings provided to UrbanTurf in mid-February show residences set back further from the historic parish hall on Church Street and a dramatically changed church building. Though board members had a number of critiques to offer on the design, they decided to approve the design in concept and ask the developer to return to the board for final approval later in the design process.

CAS Riegler, working with architect Hickok Cole, plans to build 50-60 residential units. Those units will finance a brand-new church building adjacent to the residential development.

This article originally published at http://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/st._thomas_parish_church_gets_design_concept_approval/9695

3 Comments

1. skidrowedc@gmail.com said at 9:56 pm on Friday March 27, 2015:
   Who is the architect for the church portion? It's a giant leap better than the previous scheme. A little hard to read the proposed materials, but this has the potential to be exciting.

1. Lark Turner said at 9:58 pm on Friday March 27, 2015:
   Hi Skidrowe, Hickok Cole is the architect for both the church and residential portions of the project. Lark

1. Nathaniel Martin said at 4:38 pm on Tuesday March 31, 2015:
   Yes, both the residential and church portions have improved dramatically. Thank heavens.