High Watch Recovery Center, Kent, CT

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28,240 SF
$22.3 Million
Completed: 2022

  • The rural location in Kent had been a spiritual retreat center in 1926. Inspired by AA, it was established as High Watch Farm in 1939 as the world’s first 12-Step treatment center. 

  • Today, it is a residential treatment facility dedicated to healing those suffering from the chronic illness of drug and alcohol addiction.

  • Design services included expansion of the campus with a detox clinic, group room, and new kitchen/dining room and reconfiguration of existing spaces.  

  • A new large conference center for training programs, workshops and events.

  • A silo was designed to capture the essence of the original farm.

  • Fixtures, furnishings and materials such as reclaimed wood enhance the character of the buildings throughout the new and renovated spaces.

  • 2023 IIDA NE Design Award Winner - Health and Wellness (<50,000 s.f.) category.