Completed in 1999, the timber framed Welcome Center has become a Vermont Landmark, attracting over 1.5 million visitors a year. The building uses traditional materials and construction methods to provide a modern service to travelers on Interstate 91 at the Massachusetts border. The building includes a white pine, hard hewn timber frame, wide board oak floors and slate and lead coated copper roofing. The site development included sewer and water improvements; access road construction; highway on and off ramps; ¾ miles of internal roadways; parking lots for cars, buses and semi-trailers; picnic areas; a public plaza; a playground and four outbuildings – two of which include white oak timber frames. The project was honored with numerous awards including the 2000 AIA Vermont Award for Excellence in Architecture and the People’s Choice Award.

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