Gaustavino Factory
Woburn Mass
Raphael Gaustavino.
On a visit to the Gaustavino building that is now a
Construction company I was able to get some interesting information from the company that is now in the building and how they
kept the design and
architecture as a part of their company.
Attached is a virtual tour of the TOCCI Company that was once the Gaustavino Factory. The building itself was a factory for creating the tiles that were helping fireproof new building with ceilings using these tera cotta tiles as the turn of the century but itself was a victim to fire. The only surviving internal pieces are the pictures that are captured in the attached images.
The building did not qualify for the Historic Building preservation because this company, TOCCI had augmented the building too much and it was disqualified. The company was confused by the decision but I was sure that I understood that the changing of the structure and removing some of the important detail disqualified it.
I still appreciate the work and the preservation that they did do that supported the pictures and the gracious tour that they gave to me.
A dormer of a different style was put on the other
side of the building and it disqualified the building for Historic Preservation.
Also the original pediments on the other side of the building were removed and
replaced with triangle windows, this is the other
disqualifying feature change. It created more light in the graphics area
but it took away from the buildings original form.
Sincerely,
Julia McHugh
