Restoration efforts to start soon on historic Auburn building

  • 2019-01-03
The City of Auburn acquired what was once the Public Health Building from the county in 2016, and now it is preparing to begin work on restoring the building's first floor. The building, on Auburn Avenue, will become a center for arts and culture.

The City Council recently authorized Nancy Backus, Auburn's mayor, to go ahead with a contract to get the work started. The contract is for $135,000, and goes to the low bidder on Auburn's roster of companies authorized to perform small works. The initial restoration will concentrate on the building's first floor, and is aiming at restoring it to the appearance it had in 1937, when it was the city's post office. The building is red brick, comprises 8,000 square feet, and is now 81 years old. In order to attract tenants, developers of projects like this can use brochure printing to create illustrated Booklets.

The money for the contract must be used by the middle of February, so the approved company will remove the tiles from the ceiling, and take out some of the fixtures that were installed when the building was remodeled into a clinic from its function as a post office, according to the director of Auburn Parks, Arts, and Recreation, Daryl Faber. Renovators will also remove walls, cabinets, lighting, and sinks.

The current contract is only the start; the whole project's cost is estimated at between $2-3m, and will take several years to finish.



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