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St. Mary under construction, Fall of 2000

Main sanctuary trusses

November 20, 2000 Early in 1998, working with architects, deCastro/Nelson Associates of Boston, MacLeod Consulting completed the structural design of this new church for the St. Mary Parish of Rochester, New Hampshire. A central lobby connects a sanctuary and the parish hall function rooms. The principal support of the sanctuary roof is achieved  with two parallel chord trusses spanning 55 feet built from glued-laminated timber. These support king post trusses and beams of glued-laminated timber. The transept wing roofs are supported with timber scissor trusses and beams. The lobby and function room roofs are supported with timber girders and light framed wood trusses. 

Update: Bonnette Page & Stone Corp., a contractor based in Laconia, NH, completed construction early in 2001. Learn more about this architect at dnarchitects.com. 

 

 

 

 

Below are thumbnail photographs of the finished church. Double-click on a thumbnail to open a window showing the enlarged picture. Close the window to return browsing this page.

St Mary viewed from west.jpg (110023 bytes)Sanctuary facing south.jpg (112134 bytes)Sanctuary facing southeast.jpg (129156 bytes)Sanctuary ceiling.jpg (116901 bytes)Sanctuary ceiling looking up.jpg (113037 bytes)Sanctuary transept.jpg (94934 bytes)Sanctuary transept2.jpg (123332 bytes)

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ST. MARY CHURCH DRAWINGS
S-1 General Notes
S-2 First Floor, Part Basement, and Foundation Plan
S-3Roof Framing Plan
S-4Truss Elevations
S-5Truss Layouts and Wall Elevations
S-6Details 
S-7Details

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