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At work Monday repairing City Hall's roof, gutters, parapet ...
... with a focus on the annex portion of the building.
Construction workers have begun an estimated $250,000 in repairs to City Hall’s roof, gutters, and parapet in a bid to stop water from leaking into the municipal office building.
City spokesperson Lenny Speiller said that that construction work began earlier this month, and should be done within two to three months. The goal is to address “ongoing water intrusion issues in the building.”
He said the construction project will be focused on the annex portion of the building, located just to the north of City Hall’s main entrance. The work will include “replacing the capstones of the façade and associated gutter and roof repair.”
“City Hall is a historic and important center for our local government and for residents to access city services,” Speiller added. “Regular operations and business hours will remain uninterrupted throughout the construction process.”
City Engineer Giovanni Zinn told the Independent that GL Capasso will be doing the bulk of the work, involving masonry. The roof part of the repair work will be done by Eagle Rivet. The funding for this project, he said, is a mix of federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and city capital dollars.
City Hall’s annex, formerly the County Courthouse, was originally built in 1873. It was designed in the Victorian Gothic style by David R. Brown, a former draughtsman for the architect of the main City Hall building, Henry Austin. It was demolished in 1976, and, along with the rest of City Hall — besides the main building’s preserved facade — it was rebuilt in 1993.
