Project:

Stonington Commons

Location: Stonington, Connecticut  
Facility End Use: Mixed-Use Development
Completion Date: Fall 2005
Cost: $40 million
Follansbee Product: TCS II®

Stonington Commons is an historic restoration project that shaped an upscale mixed-use development from a nineteenth-century foundry.  The site features seven new single-family homes, 34 high-end condominiums, a yacht club and marina, 800 feet of waterfront paths and room for street-level retail shops. 

Follansbee’s TCS II was specified for contextual reasons.  The pewter color and type of metal are common for industrial structures, fitting with the newly restored buildings.

In 2003, during the demolition phase of the project, fire spread through the wooden interior structure of the Atwood building.  The Foundry, which was used during the War of 1812, and the Trumbull building also caught fire.  The fire set construction back at least one year and entirely changed the scope of the project: instead of an historic restoration, parts of the project called for historic replication.

The Trumbull Building, made from granite, mostly withstood the fire.  Only the top third of the building was lost.  The project team, continuing in their commitment to historical accuracy, tracked down the original Rhode Island quarry that produced the granite used to construct the building.  The new parts of the building now blend seamlessly with the old.

TCS II forms the standing seam roofs, wall panels, gutters, downspouts, and window, door and cornice trim.

Follansbee’s TCS II, an architectural stainless steel, is coated with Follansbee's patented ZT® (zinc/tin) alloy. The ZT alloy coating on TCS II is reactive to oxygen, forming an attractive gray surface oxide with exposure to the environment. TCS II provides enhanced corrosion resistance, formability, solderability and durability. The highly versatile TCS II can be tailored into a variety of design forms, from the traditional standing seam roof to a vertical wall, barrel applications, shingles and customized sections in flat or spherical shapes. TCS II is solderable and virtually maintenance-free.

Architect: Beyer Blinder Belle (New York, New York)
General Contractor: Hodess Building Co. (North Attleboro, Massachusetts)