The Opera house clock tower is illuminated by eight Nite Star™ and Sign Star™ Style C solid state LED's.
The Norway Opera House in Norway, Maine, replaced a preexisting structure at the same site following the Great Fire that rocked the town on May 9th, 1894. The current structure was designed by E. E Lewis who also executed the plan and design for the neighboring Old Fellows Block.
This Romanesque building was an anchoring centerpiece of the town for decades but like other older structures in communities across America eventually became neglected. In 2003 the building was placed on Maine’s Most Endangered Historic Resources list which is maintained by the Maine Preservation, an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit state-wide preservation organization. Later in 2007 a partial roof collapse completely destroyed one of the rear walls along with much of the third and second stories. The site was declared to be in danger of imminent collapse.
Fast forward 10 years to March 2013 and after a lot of hard work both in terms of community organizing and fundraising from groups like saveouroperahouse.org and the Norway, Maine Opera House Corporation, Inc. along with herculean efforts by local contractors and laborers, the bottom floors of the Norway Opera House were updated, remodeled and re-opened to private business.
According to the NOHC they "will borrow $400,000 from Norway Savings Bank, to be paid back, in part, by using eligible rehabilitation tax credits. Through a combination of an organized capital campaign and multiple grant applications, the Norway Opera House will be saved for future generations."
The iconic landmark was provided a new lighting scheme to coincide with the building’s brighter future. The design team included Lachman Architects and Planners, David Matero Architecture and NCQLP certified lighting designer Greg Day. They specified the lighting industry’s premier flood and sign lights that included 8 Sign Star™ Style C sign lights and 8 Nite Star™ fixtures around the clock tower. Three additional Nite Star’s illuminate the buttresses that run along the structure’s front. All fixtures are sourced with solid state Power of ‘e’ (e22) BKSSL® technology and are finished in Satin Black (BLP), one of our standard Class ‘A’ powder coat finishes.
This Best Shot is a great real-world example of the effective lumen output range of the Nite Star™. The NS is only 2 1/2 inches in diameter with an overall approximate length of just 4 inches. We can see in the photo above that the consistent 3000K CCT wide flood beam extends, assuming a 3 inch thick Roman brick average for 1829 with a 1 inch mortar joint, approximately 18.3 feet along the exterior. The top cornice is however the true indicator of the power of B-K's flagship luminaire; it is adequately illuminated...some 36 feet above where the fixtures are installed.
These fixtures use just 8 watts each and include the dimmable Adjust-e-Lume®. They left B-K Lighting with a standard Adjust-eLume® preset output intensity of A9. Exact photometric data may be obtained under Documentation on the Nite Star™ product page here.
Construction and renovation images along with several other great night time shots of the Opera House are available for viewing via the NOHC Facebook page.
PROJECT DETAILS:
Product(s) Used:
(11) Nite Star™ Solid State (BKSSL®)
(8) Twin Sign Star™ Style C Solid State (BKSSL®)
Architect: David Matero, Lachman Architects and Planners, E.E. Lewis (original)
Lighting Specifier: Greg Day Lighting Design
Sales Representative: Swaney Lighting Associates Ltg.
Photo Credit: © Greg Day
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