Donham & Sweeney, assisted by Barba + Wheelock Architects, designed a new 32,000 SF Congregational Church in the center of Saco, ME, to replace an 1860 church that burned to the ground in August of 2000. The new church includes a curved sanctuary seating 450, a balcony, a spacious two-story atrium, and a large fellowship hall. All spaces - for worship, musical and performance, fellowship, educational and administrative uses - have been designed to support the congregation in embracing a church for the 21st century while remembering the gracious church building that stood at the Saco crossroads for 140 years.