Revitalizing the Bishop Claggett Center

Located at the very heart of the Diocese of Maryland, the Bishop Claggett Center is a place apart where people from all walks of life come for a time of reflection, rejuvenation, and community building. Maintaining a functional and comfortable physical plant is a very important ingredient for the success of any visit to Claggett. To ensure that Claggett facilities keep pace with the needs of our guests, the Diocese of Maryland adopted a Campus Plan as a long-term roadmap for development of facilities.

New Construction

The Diocese of Maryland has now embarked on the first phase of implementing the Campus Plan with the construction of new meeting and dining facilities. The construction contract was awarded to Waynesboro Construction on June 16, 2005 and the expected completion date for the work is May 2006. These pictures are intended to provide insight into the design for the new buildings and a visual status report on the progress of construction.

Architect's rendering of serving area in new dining facility.	Architect's rendering of view from new Dining Facility	Floor plan for new Dining and Meeting Facility
Dining Facility begins to take shape	Lower level of the new Meeting Facility	Metal floor joists for the Mail Level of the new Meeting Facility

Renovations

While construction of new facilities is underway, work continues on renewal. Most recently this includes window replacement and the addition of vinyl siding to East Cottage, the relocation of our pole barns for storage of equipment, and the rehabilitation of the front porch of Powell Hall, including new code compliant handrails to protect the safety and welfare of our guests.

Old East Cottage receives new windows and trim siding.

Powell Hall front porch sports new hand rails and a coat of paint.

The pole barns have been relocated to an area designated for maintenance facilities.