St. Patrick’s Hall

St. Patrick’s Hall was an abandoned, fire-damaged rectory next to the restored Palace Theater when Montagno Construction was hired to adapt, renovate, and restore the 4-story building for the University of Connecticut Waterbury.

We performed a gut-rehab and historic restoration including a new roof structure and deck; installation of an elevator, a 4-story, 6’ wide addition in an alley to make additional space for restrooms; complete restoration of exterior masonry, all new electrical service, plumbing, HVAC, and telecom. The facility is appointed with high-end windows, doors, hardware, fixtures, floors, and curvaceous walls, including 2 ovoid conference rooms.

The beautiful St. Patrick’s Hall, housing lecture halls, event space, adjunct professor offices, and a Starbucks accessible to the public, will serve UConn Waterbury in the 21st century and beyond.

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Croft Commons

Montagno Construction managed the total restoration and adaptive reuse of the historic Margaret Croft Elementary School in downtown Waterbury, a 95,000 sf, 4-story school built in 1910. It was later used for over 40 years as a public high school, which included an auditorium and a pool. It was abandoned for 20 years until developers relied on Montagno Construction to bring the building up to modern standards for medical office use.

We repointed all exterior brick, replaced new windows and entrances, oversaw installation
of a new roof, new HVAC, and new electrical, and constructed all new floor decks above the
old concrete elephant pans.

The project, successfully completed in 1987, has remained in continuous use ever since.

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