The historic First Presbyterian Church in Pittsford NY – built in 1809 – was struck by lightning in 2004. The building was heavily damaged by the ensuing fire and had to be rebuilt from the ground up. AVL was contracted to perform acoustic analysis of the former conditions and help design new construction that would simulate the acoustics of the old. This required estimating many factors as the fire had burned away the building to the point that testing was impossible. During the renovation, the church decided to make significant upgrades to the space including modern audio, camera, and AV systems. AVL was contracted to handle these additional scope items. A centralized control system was designed to allow the users to access all operations via a touch screen interface. A new audio system, cameras for capture and distribution, and stereo recoding microphone were added to the space. The music department auditioned the new space and found it to be acoustically better than the prior and dramatically improved technically.