County Administrative Office Center

Franklin County selected Treanor Architects to provide master planning and design services for four separate projects. The first project, completed in 2006, was a county administrative office center. Both this and the second project—a new courthouse—are designed to mirror each other and to maintain a focus on the existing historic courthouse. One of the objectives was to create a unified county complex that would present a positive government image now and in the future.

The Franklin County Government Center houses commissioners chambers, clerk, assessors, collectors, recorder of deeds, planning and zoning, building department, and other non-judicial county offices. It is a two-and-one-half story building with a simple, clear circulation pattern facilitating easy way-finding. The building has been designed to accommodate future expansion without interrupting operations.

Treanor is currently in planning and design for the county’s new judicial center and a renovation of its historic courthouse. The final project, a jail expansion, is currently on hold pending funding.