St. Joseph’s High School: Classrooms to Bedrooms in the City of Lowell, MA

Jeff Fugate, Coalition for a Better Acre

“When I was hired by CBA, the part of my job that I was most excited about was the High School project. I’ve always been enamored by the idea of taking an old building and giving it new life. Lowell is one of those cities that has seen that done many times over to astonishing results. The entirety of the downtown is considered a National Park, but not as a collection of buildings preserved for viewing to be opened at 9am and closed at 5pm, but as people’s homes, places of business, and neighborhood. The past is honored by a vibrant present. We have the opportunity to do the same with St. Joe’s. The French-Canadian heritage of which this Catholic school was at the heart will be honored through preservation of the building while a new generation of immigrants will be able to make their home in Lowell’s The Acre Neighborhood.”

- Jeff Fugate, Coalition for a Better Acre, Project Manager