Designed by Finegold Alexander Architects
Cable Mills
Boston – Finegold Alexander Architects and The Traggorth Companies recently announced that Preservation Massachusetts has named Cable Mills in Williamstown as the winner of the Paul and Nikki Tsongas Award for Biggest Impact: Rural/Suburban.
Cable Mills is a historic mill complex that has been renovated, restored, and redesigned into 61 one-, two-, and three-bedroom residences, with a long list of amenities. Thirteen of the residences are affordable housing units. With the first phase of development complete, Cable Mills is now included on the National Register of Historic Places.
“The design of this extensive project truly embodies the power of preservation,” said Jim Alexander, FAIA, senior principal at Finegold Alexander Architects. “The buildings are historically significant due to the character and quality of their design as well as their role in Williamstown’s and America’s late industrial manufacturing history. The team was able to revive an abandoned location to create a lively residential community that enhances Water Street and contributes to the larger community.”
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The Water Street Mill, as it was historically known, was the third factory ever built in Williamstown, Massachusetts and the only remaining one; it had served as a mill and factory for 130-plus years until it finally closed in the early 1990s.
“The award recognizes the positive economic impact of Cable Mills and its role in the evolution of Williamstown, locally and regionally,” said Christopher Lane, AIA, Senior Associate, Finegold Alexander Architects. “Smart zoning changes and new ways of thinking about development are influencing decisions about the town’s role in Massachusetts’s education and cultural economy. As the cost of living in Massachusetts becomes increasingly expensive, Cable Mills demonstrates how smart developments can leverage existing resources to improve communities while delivering equitable access to good housing.”
