Construction is complete for 30 Mac[1], a LEED certified[2] 10-unit apartment building adapted from a former Masonic Temple[3] in Princeton’s Witherspoon-Jackson Historical District. The apartments include “studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom units with contemporary materials and finishes … that maintain its historic appearance and charm” while providing the community two affordable housing units.[4] Within walking distance of Princeton’s downtown including its “restaurants, shopping, Princeton University and Historical landmarks,” 30 Mac illustrates how excellent design for adaptive reuse can enhance a community and honor its history in addition to modeling successful construction throughout pandemic conditions.[5]
The Witherspoon-Jackson Historic District,[6] “an African American residential district in north central Princeton”[7], is known for its “long history of social activity”[8] and it has been extensively researched by the city of Princeton and its Office of Historic Preservation,[9] including the 2015 “Survey and District Evaluation: Witherspoon-Jackson Community.”[10]
E&LP provided the following services for the project: Boundary/Topographic Survey, Preliminary and Final Site Plan Engineering Plans, Stormwater Management Plan, Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Plan, Local & Regional Permit Coordination, and Phase I UST Environmental Oversight.
[1] https://30maclean.com/
[2] https://30maclean.com/sustainability
[3] https://www.princetonnj.gov/properties/masonic-temple
[4] https://rew-online.com/historic-african-american-masonic-hall-becomes-apartment-development/
[5] https://30maclean.com/plans
[6] https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w8OdwjtFCA8Z256K-N8LiRUwCu1xGZcQ/view
[7] https://www.princetonnj.gov/districts/witherspoon-jackson-hd
[8] https://30maclean.com/history
[9] https://www.princetonnj.gov/departments/office-of-historic-preservation
[10] https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RponjM5njCTlyAXgVrrfVi_5JVfNP7pM/view
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