11:21 AM EST Share Plans for the $1.78 million renovation of the Lindsay Memorial Auditorium in Downtown also includes interior work and a reduction in occupancy load.
Downtown’s First Baptist Church of Jacksonville will give the Lindsay Memorial Auditorium an exterior face-lift as part of a $1.78 million renovation.
NOVUS Architects Inc. Principal Jerry Traino presented renderings Feb. 11 to the Downtown Development Review Board showing replaced metal cladding on the church auditorium at 125 W. Ashley St.
The board took no action Feb. 11 on the proposed renovation.
During the board workshop, Traino said the church plans to use a single-color metal panel with vertical seams and will paint the exterior concrete white.
The city issued a permit Feb. 5 for Williams & Rowe Co. Inc. to renovate the First Baptist Church of Jacksonville Lindsay Memorial Auditorium Downtown at a cost of $1.78 million.
Plans say the scope of work at the 125 W. Ashley St. auditorium includes the interior back-of house remodel, auditorium carpet, painting, lower floor pews, new toilet rooms and a new choir loft area.
The work includes the reconfiguration of the platform, replacing pews, finishes and modifications to the sound booth area and the overhead main sanctuary canopy. The project includes a new choir loft, LCD screens an AV upgrades.
Pew seating at the main level of the sanctuary will be installed to replace the theater seats. Plans show the existing occupancy load of 1,089 will drop to 915.