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“Fancy” and “McDonald’s” usually don’t belong in the same sentence. But this Mickey D’s location in Freeport, Maine looks pretty classy, considering it was built inside a 150-year-old mansion. It’s actuallyย the only McDonald’sย in the town.
According toย Business Insider,ย the town of Freeport has โstrict building design codes,โ and McDonaldโs wanted to place a restaurant in the middle of a residential zone.
Initially, Freeportโs few residents were not happy about the construction, but Freeport gave McDonaldโs the go-ahead to remodel the Gore House, only if it maintained the townโs aesthetic.
โWhat we are doing there is something we probably have never done before in terms of design and the amount of time and effort involved,โ manager of McDonaldsโ media relations Stephen Leroy shared, in 1984. โWe are willing to spend the money to make it compatible with the area, the history, the community and the people who live there.โ
The Gore House is of classical Victorian style. It is three blocks north of the L. L. Bean sporting goods complex.
The manager of media relations at McDonald’s corporate headquarters in Oakbrook, Ill., said the company was treating the project in ”an extremely special way.”
Take a peek inside…