Newspaper Clipping - Newspaper Clipping Scan - Restoration planned for Old Town Hall - 5/3/2015• STAR TRIBUNE • SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2015
Restoration
planned for
OldTownHall
Repairs to the historic Eagan
building damaged by arson
could begin in June.
By TODD NELSON
Special to the Star Tribune
Visitors to Eagan's historic Old
Town Hall may once again stand in
the booths where voters cast bal-
lots in the early 1900s and touch
the potbelly stove that heated the
building during town board meet-
ings.
Work to repair the city's Old
Town Hall is expected to begin in
June and be done by the end of Sep-
tember, two years after an arson
fire damaged the building, which
has been shuttered since.
The city has estimated that
restoring the century -old struc-
ture will cost $290,000. Officials
will have a better idea of the price
May 7 after opening general con-
tractors' bids for the project.
City staff spent three months
developing plans for the Old Town
Hall with project manager Moha-
gen Hansen Architectural Group
of Wayzata, which is consulting
with MacDonald & Mack Archi-
tects, a Minneapolis firm that spe-
cializes in preservation and resto-
ration of historic properties. The
City Council in March approved
the plans and authorized advertis-
ing for bids.
The project will include repairs
to the roof, windows and walls, and
restoration of interior and exterior